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(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report annually to Congress during 2016 through 2020 on its furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care.
Each report shall:
evaluate the effectiveness of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) program in improving the quality of, and increasing access to, veterans hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care; and
(Sec. 3) The definition of homeless veteran is expanded for purposes of VA benefits.
(Sec. 4) The VA shall: (1) adopt the device identification system developed for medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or implement a comparable standard identification system to identify biological implants for use in VA medical facilities, (2) implement a system for tracking biological implants from human or animal source to implantation which shall be compatible with the identification system, and (3) implement inventory recall controls compatible with the tracking system.
180-day implementation deadlines are set for the identification and tracking systems.
(Sec. 5) The VA may procure biological implants of human origin only from a vendor that:
uses the standard identification system and has safeguards to ensure that a distinct identity code has been in place at each distribution step of each biological implant from its donor;
House Jul 21, 2015
Veterans Information Modernization Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
408 Yea 0 Nay 25 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
The VA may procure biological implants of non-human origin only from a vendor that:
uses the standard identification system;
The VA shall procure biological implants under the General Services Administration's federal supply schedules unless the implants are not available under them.
A VA procurement employee who procures biological implants with the intent to avoid, or with reckless disregard of, the procurement requirements of this Act shall be ineligible to hold a certificate of appointment as a contracting officer or serve as a representative of an ordering officer, contracting officer, or purchase card holder.
(Sec. 6) Extended through FY2019 is the mandatory rounding down of percentage increases of certain educational assistance rates and survivors' and dependents' educational assistance rates. Post-FY2019 increases shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
(Sec. 7) The Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission is established to:
examine the efficacy of the evidence-based therapy model for treating mental health illnesses of veterans;
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2256 as passed House amended on Jul 21, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Organizations that named H.R. 2256 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
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