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SECTION 1. REPORT ON USE OF CAMERAS IN MEDICAL FA-
CILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the Office of Op-
erations, Security, and Preparedness of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration, 
and the Office of Construction and Facilities Management 
of the Department, shall submit to the Committees on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report analyzing the policies, use, and main-
tenance of cameras deployed by the Department for pa-
tient safety and law enforcement at medical facilities of 
the Department. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A comprehensive review of the policies and 
procedures of the Department regarding the use and 
maintenance of cameras with respect to the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Patient safety, including— 
(i) an analysis of how cameras are 
used to monitor staff and patients; 
(ii) an analysis of the specific units 
within medical facilities in which the use of 
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cameras is prioritized to protect patient 
safety; 
(iii) an analysis of the procedures re-
garding the positioning of cameras; 
(iv) an analysis of the extent to which 
cameras monitor locations where drugs are 
stored to ensure that drugs are accounted 
for, and an assessment of whether this is 
a widely used practice; and 
(v) an analysis of the actions taken to 
preserve and protect patient privacy. 
(B) Law enforcement of medical facilities 
of the Department, including— 
(i) how exterior cameras are used; 
(ii) how interior cameras are used; 
and 
(iii) an analysis of locations, interior 
and exterior, in which camera use is 
prioritized. 
(2) Recommendations of the Secretary to im-
prove patient safety and law enforcement, includ-
ing— 
(A) the placement and maintenance of 
cameras; 
(B) the storage of data from such cameras; 
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(C) the authority of supervisors at medical 
facilities of the Department to review record-
ings from cameras; 
(D) the number of staff required to mon-
itor live footage from cameras at each medical 
facility of the Department; 
(E) the funding necessary to address 
shortfalls with respect to cameras and the spe-
cific uses for such funding; 
(F) any additional actions required to pre-
serve and protect patient privacy; and 
(G) such other matters the Secretary de-
termines appropriate. 
(c) CAMERA DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘camera’’ means any video camera used in a medical facil-
ity of the Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes 
of patient safety or law enforcement, but does not include 
cameras used solely by the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs to assist in criminal inves-
tigations conducted by the Inspector General. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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