Veterans' Health Care Safety Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6277
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2016-09-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2016-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veterans' Health Care Safety Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule to permit full practice authority of all VA advanced practice registered nurses when they are acting within the scope of their VA employment.</p> </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6277 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2016 Mr. Roe of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Abraham , Mr. Boustany , Mr. Harris , Mr. Tom Price of Georgia , and Mr. Bucshon ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans Affairs rule relating to the practice authority of advanced practice registered nurses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Health Care Safety Act of 2016 . 2. Non-implementation of Department of Veterans Affairs rule relating to practice authority of advanced practice registered nurses The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not make final the proposed rule amending section 17.415 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2016.