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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1089 

To require directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

to submit annual fact sheets to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on 

the status of such facilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 

Mrs. LESKO (for herself and Mrs. LEE of Nevada) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To require directors of medical centers of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs to submit annual fact sheets to the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the status of such facilities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Medical Center 

5 Facility Transparency Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE DE2 PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

3 (a) FACT SHEETS.—The Secretary of Veterans Af4 fairs shall ensure that each director of a medical center 

5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Sec6 retary, the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate, and the appropriate 

8 Members of Congress the following: 

9 (1) An annual concise, easy-to-read fact sheet 

10 containing, with respect to the year covered by the 

11 fact sheet each of the following: 

12 (A) Statistics regarding— 

13 (i) the number of veterans who were 

14 treated at a medical facility of the Depart15 ment under the jurisdiction of the director; 

16 (ii) the number of appointments con17 ducted by each such facility; 

18 (iii) the most common illnesses or con19 ditions for which treatment was furnished; 

20 (iv) the satisfaction of veterans who 

21 were treated at each such facility; 

22 (v) how each such facility compares 

23 with other facilities with respect to the sat24 isfaction of veterans who were treated at 

25 the facilities; and 


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1 (vi) other matters the director deter2 mines appropriate. 

3 (B) A description of any successes or 

4 achievements experienced by such facilities, in5 cluding— 

6 (i) actions taken to improve such fa7 cilities; 

8 (ii) actions taken to improve the ac9 cess to and quality of the care provided at 

10 such facilities; and 

11 (iii) any other accomplishments deter12 mined appropriate by the director. 

13 (C) A description of special areas of em14 phasis or specialization by such facilities, such 

15 as efforts aimed at meeting the needs of women 

16 veterans, suicide prevention and other mental 

17 health initiatives, opioid abuse prevention and 

18 pain management, or special efforts on veteran 

19 homelessness, or other matters as the director 

20 determines appropriate. 

21 (D) A description of matters concerning 

22 such facilities that have previously been identi23 fied as deficient and needing remediation that 

24 are still in need of such remediation. 


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1 (2) A quarterly fact sheet containing, with re2 spect to the quarter covered by the fact sheet, the 

3 average wait time for veterans to receive treatment 

4 at the medical facility of the Department under the 

5 jurisdiction of the director. 

6 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Each fact sheet under sub7 section (a) shall be made publicly available— 

8 (1) in a physical form at the relevant medical 

9 facility of the Department in a conspicuous location; 

10 and 

11 (2) in an electronic form on the internet website 

12 of the facility. 

13 (c) TIMING OF FACT SHEETS.—The fact sheets 

14 under subsection (a) shall be submitted during the first 

15 fiscal year beginning after the date that is 180 days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act and not less fre17 quently than— 

18 (1) once each fiscal year thereafter with respect 

19 to the annual fact sheet under paragraph (1) of such 

20 subsection; and 

21 (2) once each fiscal quarter thereafter with re22 spect to the quarterly fact sheet under paragraph 

23 (2) of such subsection. 

24 (d) STANDARDIZED FORMAT.—The Secretary shall 

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1 section (a) to ensure that each director of a medical center 

2 of the Department carries out such subsection in a con3 sistent manner. 

4 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate Members of Con6 gress’’ means, with respect to a medical facility of 

7 the Department of Veterans Affairs about which a 

8 fact sheet is submitted under subsection (a), the 

9 Senators representing the State, and the Member, 

10 Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the House of 

11 Representatives representing the district, that in12 cludes the facility. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 

14 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

15 of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of 

16 the United States. 

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