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H.R. 501 (115th)

VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

12 January 2017

Last action

26 September 2017 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5], Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6], Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8], Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

11 August 2025

Defence

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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.

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Timeline

  1. 12 January 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 12 January 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 12 January 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 3 February 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 26 September 2017

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

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