HR 4245 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017

Introduced Nov 3, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Timothy J. Walz D-MN

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 22, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 3, 2017
  2. Passed HouseMay 21, 2018
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

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.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 3, 2017 to Apr 24, 2018, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalNov 3, 2017
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalNov 3, 2017
R-MIJack BergmanOriginalNov 3, 2017
R-WIGlenn GrothmanJan 9, 2018
R-NCMark MeadowsMar 5, 2018
R-CODoug LambornMar 6, 2018
R-COMike CoffmanApr 24, 2018

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  2. May 21, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4253-4254)
  3. May 21, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4245.
  4. May 21, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. May 21, 2018Mr. Dunn moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2063Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017Identical billNov 2, 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2018Referred in Senate
  2. May 21, 2018Engrossed in House
  3. May 21, 2018Reported in House
  4. Nov 3, 2017Introduced in House

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