Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act

Summary

Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act This bill prescribes oversight requirements for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding health care professionals at VA medical centers. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to ensure each VA medical center consistently compiles, verifies, and reviews specified documentation for each VA health care professional (including contractors). The VA shall ensure that specified health care professionals hold an active Drug Enforcement Administration registration. Each VA medical center must implement (1) monitoring of the performance and quality of the health care delivered by each health care professional at the center, and (2) reviews of such care if an individual notifies the VA of any potential concerns relating to a failure to meet generally accepted standards of clinical practice. The bill imposes notification requirements in situations where the VA substantiates a concern relating to the clinical competency of, or quality of care delivered by, a current or former VA health care professional. The VA is prohibited from entering into a settlement agreement relating to an adverse action against a VA health care professional if such agreement includes terms that require the VA to conceal certain information from the employee's personnel file. Such prohibition does not apply to adverse actions determined to be prohibited personnel practices. The VA must provide mandatory training, at least annually, to employees who are responsible for specified tasks (e.g., those who are responsible for compiling, validating, or reviewing the credentials of VA health care professionals).

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Timeline

1. 14 June 2021

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 14 June 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 June 2021

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.

   Source: Committee

4. 28 July 2021

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 14 June 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Jerry Moran · R · Sponsor
• John Boozman · R · Sponsor
• Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
• Bill Cassidy · R · Sponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Improving Confidence in Veterans’ Care Act
• related to → Department of Veteran Affairs Provider Accountability Act