Congress 115 - HR 4245 - Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017

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Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Health information and medical records Public contracts and procurement Right of privacy Veterans' medical care

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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.

Actions

May 22, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 21, 2018

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 21, 2018

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4253)
May 21, 2018

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4253)
May 21, 2018

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4245.
May 21, 2018

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4253-4254)
May 21, 2018

Mr. Dunn moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
May 21, 2018

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 534.
May 21, 2018

Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-691.
May 8, 2018

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
May 8, 2018

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
May 8, 2018

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 7, 2018

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 3, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Nov 3, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 3, 2017

Introduced in House

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