VA MISSION Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5674
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2018-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
American Samoa
Appropriations
Building construction
California
Cemeteries and funerals
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Dental care
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
District of Columbia
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Georgia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legislative rules and procedure
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Neurological disorders
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Sex offenses
South Carolina
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Surgery and anesthesia
Tennessee
Texas
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition
West Virginia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-03
text: 

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or VA MISSION Act of 2018

 
This bill consolidates Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community care programs, revises other VA health care programs and facilities provisions, and makes appropriations for veterans care.
 
The bill establishes the Veterans Community Care Program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services through certain non-VA providers to veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system or otherwise entitled to VA care.
 
The VA may enter agreements with non-VA providers to furnish veterans with care that is otherwise not feasibly available.
 
The VA shall: (1) establish standards for VA health care quality and for non-VA care in areas of VA expertise, (2) prohibit rehiring previously-removed VA providers, (3) provide prompt payment to providers, (4) establish opioid prescribing practices for non-VA providers, and (5) carry out the modernization or realignment of Veterans Health Administration facilities.
 
The Veterans Choice Program is terminated after one year.
 
The bill establishes: (1) the Center for Innovation for Care and Payment, and (2) the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission. 
 
The VA may: (1) provide care for the live donor of a transplant for a veteran, and (2) carry out a Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program and other actions to recruit health care professionals.
 
The VA family caregiver program is expanded.
 
The Office of Management and Budget shall review each enhanced-use facility lease. 
 
The bill establishes pilot programs for medical scribes, mobile deployment teams for underserved facilities, and graduate medical education.
 
The bill extends VA pension reductions for Medicare-covered veterans in nursing homes.

action_date: 2018-05-11
text: 

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or VA MISSION Act of 2018

 
This bill consolidates Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community care programs, revises other VA health care programs and facilities provisions, and makes appropriations for veterans care.
 
The bill establishes the Veterans Community Care Program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services through certain non-VA providers to veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system or otherwise entitled to VA care.
 
The VA may enter agreements with non-VA providers to furnish veterans with care that is otherwise not feasibly available.
 
The VA shall: (1) establish standards for VA health care quality and for non-VA care in areas of VA expertise, (2) prohibit rehiring previously-removed VA providers, (3) provide prompt payment to providers, (4) establish opioid prescribing practices for non-VA providers, and (5) carry out the modernization or realignment of Veterans Health Administration facilities.
 
The Veterans Choice Program is terminated after one year.
 
The bill establishes: (1) the Center for Innovation for Care and Payment, and (2) the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission. 
 
The VA may: (1) provide care for the live donor of a transplant for a veteran, and (2) carry out a Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program and other actions to recruit health care professionals.
 
The VA family caregiver program is expanded.
 
The Office of Management and Budget shall review each enhanced-use facility lease. 
 
The bill establishes pilot programs for medical scribes, mobile deployment teams for underserved facilities, and graduate medical education.
 
The bill extends VA pension reductions for Medicare-covered veterans in nursing homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 516.
action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Committee on Rules discharged.
action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Committee on Rules discharged.
action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-671, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-671, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 2.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-03
text: Introduced in House