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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4062 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 

the administration of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2009 

Mr. ADLER of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. FATTAH, 

Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SESTAK, and Mr. 

WALZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 

improvements in the administration of medical facilities 

of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Veterans’ Health and 

5 Radiation Safety Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON LOW VOLUME PROGRAMS AT 

2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MED3 ICAL FACILITIES. 

4 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 

5 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 7330B. Annual report on low volume programs 

8 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary 

9 shall submit to Congress an annual report on the low vol10 ume programs at each medical facility of the Department. 

11 Each such report shall contain the evaluation and the 

12 findings of the Secretary with respect to such programs. 

13 ‘‘(b) LOW VOLUME PROGRAM DEFINED.—For pur14 poses of this section, the term ‘low volume program’ 

15 means a program that treats 100 patients or fewer during 

16 a calendar year.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

19 after the item relating to section 7330A the following new 

20 item: 

‘‘7330B. Annual report on low volume programs.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. USE OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES AT DEPARTMENT 

22 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITALS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of 

24 title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 1, 


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1 is further amended by adding at the end the following new 

2 section: 

3 ‘‘§ 7330C. Use of radioactive isotopes 

4 ‘‘(a) TRAINING REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall en5 sure that all employees, including employees employed 

6 under a contract entered into with a non-government enti7 ty, who are employed at a Department hospital where ra8 dioactive isotopes are used in the administration of med9 ical services receive appropriate training on what con10 stitutes a medical event and when and to whom a medical 

11 event should be reported. 

12 ‘‘(b) FAILURE TO PROVIDE TRAINING.—If the Sec13 retary determines that any Department hospital has failed 

14 to provide the training required under subsection (a), the 

15 Secretary shall ensure that radioactive isotopes are not 

16 used at that hospital for such period as the Secretary de17 termines is appropriate.’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

19 at the beginning of such chapter, as amended by section 

20 1, is further amended by inserting after the item relating 

21 to section 7330B the following new item: 

‘‘7330C. Use of radioactive isotopes.’’. 

22 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONTRACTS FOR 

23 THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES. 

24 (a) EVALUATION OF CONTRACTORS.—The Secretary 

25 of Veterans Affairs shall carry out the following evaluaVerDate Nov 24 2008 04:13 Nov 08, 2009 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4062.IH H4062

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1 tions of all medical services provided pursuant to a con2 tract entered into by the Secretary with a non-government 

3 entity: 

4 (1) Weekly independent peer reviews of such 

5 services. 

6 (2) Written evaluations of the services carried 

7 out by the supervisor or manager of the employee 

8 providing the services. 

9 (3) Such other evaluations as the Secretary de10 termines are appropriate. 

11 (b) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXTENSION OF

12 CERTAIN CONTRACTS.—Before any contracting officer of 

13 the Department of Veterans Affairs may extend or renew 

14 any contract entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Af15 fairs and a non-government entity for the provision of 

16 medical services, the contracting officer shall review and 

17 take into consideration the results of the evaluations car18 ried out under subsection (a). 

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