VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017
Latest action · Sep 26, 2017 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017
This bill requires the director of each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility to report quarterly to the VA on:
- the number of patients who contracted an infection as result of surgery at such medical facility, including a brief summary of each case; and
- the number of, and reasons for, scheduled surgeries that were cancelled or transferred to another facility and the subsequent number of days that each patient had to wait for surgery.
The VA shall submit such reports and a summary of such reports to Congress and publish them on its website.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 12, 2017 to Mar 5, 2018, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Original | Jan 12, 2017 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Nov 8, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Mar 5, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2017Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 3, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 12, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 12, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2017Introduced in House
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