Our Vets Deserve Better Act

Bill: 113-hr-4862
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2014-06-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies

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Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Our Vets Deserve Better Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), within 30 days after this Act's enactment, to meet with specified advisory committees to receive administrative and policy recommendations to improve the VA health care system.</p> <p>Lists those advisory committees as:</p> <ul> <li>the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs,</li> <li>the Genomic Medicine Program Advisory Committee,</li> <li>the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee,</li> <li>the Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board,</li> <li>the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses,</li> <li>the Special Medical Advisory Group,</li> <li>the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, and</li> <li>the Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4862 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2014 Mr. Heck of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to meet with certain advisory committees to receive administrative and policy recommendations to improve the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Our Vets Deserve Better Act . 2. Administrative and policy recommendations to improve the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Meetings (1) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall meet with the advisory committees described in paragraph (2) to receive administrative and policy recommendations to improve the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) Advisory committees described The advisory committees described in this paragraph are the following: (A) The Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs established by section 543 of title 38, United States Code. (B) The Genomic Medicine Program Advisory Committee established pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). (C) The Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee established under section 7315 of title 38, United States Code. (D) The Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board established pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). (E) The Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses established by section 707 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 ( Public Law 102–585 ; 38 U.S.C. 527 note). (F) The Special Medical Advisory Group established under section 7312 of title 38, United States Code. (G) The Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation established under section 3121 of title 38, United States Code. (H) The Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee established pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). (I) Any other advisory committee the Secretary determines appropriate. (b) Report Not later than 30 days after carrying out subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall— (1) submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the administrative and policy recommendations received under subsection (a)(1), including any administrative or legislative actions required to carry out such recommendations; and (2) publish such report on the public Internet website of the Department.