VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2021
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act or the VA AIM Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to, at least once every 10 years, enter into a contract with a private sector entity or entities to conduct an independent assessment of the hospital care, medical services, and other health care furnished by the VA.
The contracted entities must have experience and proven outcomes in health care management and in optimizing the performance of the health care delivery systems of the Veterans Health Administration and the private sector. The entities must also specialize in implementing large-scale organizational and cultural transformations.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 22, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Jul 22, 2021 |
Committees 2
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 Jul 22, 2021Markup Jul 29, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 27, 2021Discharged Jul 29, 2021 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2021 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Nov 16, 2021Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 16, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6281-6283)
- Nov 16, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4626.
- Nov 16, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6281-6282)
- Nov 16, 2021Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 28, 2021Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Jul 28, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 28, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 27, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6281–H6283Text printed H6281 | Jack Bergman R-MI, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | Nov 16, 2021 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 15, 2021H.R. 4626, VA Assessment by Independent Measures ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 28, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 129, July 22, 2021, page H3845.
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to require an independent assessment of health care delivery systems and management processes of the Department of Veterans Affairs be conducted once every 10 years, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed House
- VA AIM Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VA AIM Act
- VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- VA AIM Act
- VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Accounting and auditing
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Business records
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Employee performance
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hospital care
- Inflation and prices
- Medical research
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Veterans' medical care
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2021Referred in Senate
- Nov 16, 2021Engrossed in House
- Jul 22, 2021Introduced 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.
