VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act
United States117th CongressS-1319Senate
Updated: Jul 28, 2021
Summary
VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make certain staffing and quality of care data publicly available on a specified VA website. Among other elements, the information published on the website should include statistics related to patient wait times, effectiveness of care, and staffing and vacancy information. The website must be (1) directly accessible from the main VA website and the main websites of each VA medical center, and (2) understandable and usable by the general public. The VA must implement a self-auditing process to assess the accuracy and completeness of the data available on the website.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
HR-2775: VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency ActReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.
Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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