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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2499 

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information 

technology system and prioritize certain requirements to manage supply 

chains for medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2023 

Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 

an information technology system and prioritize certain 

requirements to manage supply chains for medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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 Supply Chain Man5 agement System Authorization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY CHAINS FOR MEDICAL 

2 FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

3 AFFAIRS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out a 

5 covered information technology system that— 

6 (1) is cloud-based; 

7 (2) includes functions relating to— 

8 (A) inventory management of both expend9 able and nonexpendable items covered by the 

10 system, with respect to both— 

11 (i) physical inventory; and 

12 (ii) perpetual inventory; 

13 (B) management of the receipt of such 

14 items, with respect to— 

15 (i) intake; 

16 (ii) returns; and 

17 (iii) the identification of such items 

18 that are recalled; 

19 (C) management of the storage of such 

20 items, with respect to— 

21 (i) local storage; and 

22 (ii) centralized storage at a medical 

23 facility or warehousing at a different loca24 tion for one or more medical facilities; 

25 (D) management of the distribution of 

26 such items; 


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1 (E) the generation and scanning of 

2 barcodes or the use of radio frequency identi3 fication technology or other similar inventory 

4 tracking technology; 

5 (F) reporting, consisting of— 

6 (i) standard or preexisting reports; 

7 and 

8 (ii) customizable or custom-generated 

9 reports; and 

10 (G) either in the system itself or through 

11 an interface with an external information tech12 nology system— 

13 (i) capital asset management; 

14 (ii) maintenance of a catalog of avail15 able supplies; and 

16 (iii) lifecycle tracking from acquisition 

17 of such items through the disposal of such 

18 items; 

19 (3) with respect to the items covered by the sys20 tem— 

21 (A) includes— 

22 (i) medical supplies; 

23 (ii) surgical equipment and supplies; 

24 (iii) laboratory equipment and sup25 plies; 


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1 (iv) supplies and capital equipment 

2 pertaining to facilities or real property; 

3 (v) biomedical equipment; 

4 (vi) textiles and apparel; 

5 (vii) dental equipment and supplies; 

6 and 

7 (viii) equipment and supplies relating 

8 to the treatment of sleep apnea; 

9 (B) may include (but, if not so included in 

10 the system itself, the system shall include 

11 through an interface with an external informa12 tion technology system)— 

13 (i) prosthetic appliances requiring ex14 tensive customization or fitting; 

15 (ii) prosthetic appliances not requiring 

16 extensive customization or fitting; 

17 (iii) pharmaceuticals; 

18 (iv) reusable medical equipment; and 

19 (v) eyeglasses; and 

20 (C) does not include— 

21 (i) software; 

22 (ii) equipment and supplies of the Na23 tional Cemetery Administration the man24 agement of which cannot be accommodated 


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1 by a process used by the Veterans Health 

2 Administration; or 

3 (iii) equipment and supplies of the 

4 Veterans Benefits Administration the man5 agement of which cannot be accommodated 

6 by a process used by the Veterans Health 

7 Administration; 

8 (4) has existing interfaces with or the capability 

9 to interface with— 

10 (A) procurement, purchasing, or ordering 

11 systems of the Department; 

12 (B) the Integrated Financial and Acquisi13 tion Management System of the Department of 

14 Veterans Affairs; and 

15 (C) the electronic health record systems of 

16 the Department, including— 

17 (i) the Veterans Health Information 

18 Systems and Technology Architecture and 

19 Computerized Patient Record System; and 

20 (ii) the electronic health record system 

21 established under the Electronic Health 

22 Record Modernization Program (as defined 

23 in section 503 of Veterans Benefits and 

24 Transition Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

25 407; 38 U.S.C. 5701 note prec.)); 


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1 (5) has the capacity to accommodate not fewer 

2 than 50,000 users; and 

3 (6) includes any other functions, capabilities, or 

4 components as determined by the Secretary. 

5 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—If the Secretary carries out a 

6 covered information technology system under subsection 

7 (a), the Secretary shall— 

8 (1) determine whether the functions of the sys9 tem are satisfactory by piloting such functions at 

10 one facility of the Department before expanding im11 plementation of the system throughout the Depart12 ment; and 

13 (2) with respect to the functions referred to in 

14 subsection (a)(1)(A), prioritize the delivery of inven15 tory management capabilities. 

16 (c) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with 

17 respect to information technology systems used by the Sec18 retary at joint facilities of the Department of Veterans Af19 fairs and the Department of Defense. 

20 (d) COMPLETION OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec21 retary shall complete the implementation of a covered in22 formation technology system by not later than three years 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

24 (e) COVERED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM

25 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered information 


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1 technology system’’ means an information technology sys2 tem, or a system of systems, for the management of supply 

3 chains, including with respect to inventory and other func4 tions. 

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