Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017
United States115th CongressHR-4245House of Representatives
Updated: May 22, 2018
Summary
Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide Congress with: certain planning and implementation documents and contracts related to its Electronic Health Record Modernization program to implement an electronic health or medical record system to replace any or all of the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture, the Computerized Patient Record System, the Joint Legacy Viewer, or the Enterprise Health Management Platform; quarterly updates of certain of such documents; copies of related contracts, orders, or agreements within 5 days; and notice within 10 days of delays of any milestone or deliverable exceeding 30 days, change requests exceeding $1 million, protest submissions, data losses, or breaches of patient privacy.
Bill texts
Timeline
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4253)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4253)
House of Representatives
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
House of Representatives
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Senate