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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1510 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report 
on the use of cameras in medical centers of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2021 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. TRONE, Mr. MOONEY, Mrs. MILLER of West 
Virginia, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, and Mr. BOST) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 
Congress a report on the use of cameras in medical 
centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPORT ON USE OF CAMERAS IN MEDICAL 
CENTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, in collaboration with the Office of Operations, Se-
curity, and Preparedness of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration, and the Of-
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fice of Construction and Facilities Management of the De-
partment, shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report analyzing the policies, use, and maintenance of 
cameras deployed by the Department for patient safety 
and law enforcement at medical centers of the Depart-
ment. 
(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 centers in which the use of 
cameras is prioritized to protect patient 
safety; 
(iii) an analysis of the procedures re-
garding the positioning of cameras; and 
(iv) an analysis of the extent to which 
cameras monitor locations where drugs are 
stored to ensure that drugs are accounted 
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for, and an assessment of whether this is 
a widely used practice. 
(B) Law enforcement of medical centers 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; 
(C) the authority of supervisors at medical 
centers of the Department to review recordings 
from cameras; 
(D) the number of staff required to mon-
itor live footage from cameras at each medical 
center of the Department; 
(E) the funding necessary to address 
shortfalls with respect to cameras and the spe-
cific uses for such funding; and 
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(F) such other matters the Secretary de-
termines appropriate. 
(c) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall submit the re-
port required by this section not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) CAMERA DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘camera’’ means any video camera used in a medical cen-
ter of the Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes 
of patient safety or law enforcement. 
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