VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act
Latest action · Jul 1, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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 and must enter an agreement for the Inspector General of the VA (or other entity) to validate the audits. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office shall review the website to assess the VA's compliance and to provide recommendations on how to improve the website.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2020 to Jul 6, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 6, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 2, 2020 | |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Jul 1, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 1, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Mar 2, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 6, 2020Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 25, February 6, 2020, page H936.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain information publicly available on one internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Accounting and auditing
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Public contracts and procurement
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
