To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the office of the Health Monitor of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-4728House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 21, 2017

Summary

Fixing VHA Facilities Act This bill establishes a Health Monitor in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who shall: identify and transmit a list of improvements for each low performing VA medical center to the director of an identified center, the VA, the House and Senate veterans' committees, and the appropriate senators and representative; and notify list recipients of the extent to which a director has implemented the plan and any resulting performance change. A monitor must have experience in federal oversight, health care administration, health care delivery and/or patient advocacy.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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