US Congress House Bill 5418 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on May 22 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-08-01 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in procuring medical, surgical, dental, or laboratory items for VA medical facilities through the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) program, to: (1) award contracts to multiple regional prime vendors instead of a single nationwide prime vendor, and (2) prohibit a prime vendor from solely designing the formulary of items available for MSPV purchase. The VA shall: (1) ensure that each VA employee who conducts formulary analyses or makes decisions about including items on the formulary has relevant medical expertise, and (2) provide Congress with periodic lists of such individuals and their medical expertise listed by categories of formulary items.

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-08-01	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
2018-05-22	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2018-05-21	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-05-21	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4257)
2018-05-21	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5418.
2018-05-21	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4257-4258)
2018-05-21	House	Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2018-05-21	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.
2018-05-21	House	Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-693.
2018-05-08	House	Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
2018-05-08	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2018-05-08	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2018-03-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
2018-03-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2018-03-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5418/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5418/BILLS-115hr5418ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5418/BILLS-115hr5418rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5418/BILLS-115hr5418eh.pdf