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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State licensing boards, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2107| Senate 
| Updated: 11/9/2017
Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Republican Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (4)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Jerry Moran (Republican)Joe Manchin (Independent)Susan M. Collins (Republican)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act This bill provides that when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) brings a major adverse action against certain Veterans Health Administration medical employees the VA shall transmit to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board the employee's name and the reason for such action. The VA may not enter into a settlement agreement regarding a claim by a VA employee under which it would be required to conceal a serious medical error or purge a negative record from an employee's personnel file. Such provision shall not apply to a negative record if the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection and the Office of Special Counsel jointly certify that the negative record is not legitimate.
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Timeline
Nov 9, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Nov 9, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • November 9, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 9, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Armed Forces and National Security

Department of Veterans AffairsEmployee performanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelLicensing and registrationsMedical ethicsPersonnel recordsVeterans' medical care

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State licensing boards, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2107| Senate 
| Updated: 11/9/2017
Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act This bill provides that when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) brings a major adverse action against certain Veterans Health Administration medical employees the VA shall transmit to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board the employee's name and the reason for such action. The VA may not enter into a settlement agreement regarding a claim by a VA employee under which it would be required to conceal a serious medical error or purge a negative record from an employee's personnel file. Such provision shall not apply to a negative record if the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection and the Office of Special Counsel jointly certify that the negative record is not legitimate.
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Timeline
Nov 9, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Nov 9, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • November 9, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 9, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Republican Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (4)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Jerry Moran (Republican)Joe Manchin (Independent)Susan M. Collins (Republican)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Department of Veterans AffairsEmployee performanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelLicensing and registrationsMedical ethicsPersonnel recordsVeterans' medical care