Veterans Administration Bonus Elimination Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4384
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2016-01-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care quality

Hospital care

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2016-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veterans Administration Bonus Elimination Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to deny certain awards or bonuses to senior executive employees of the Veterans Health Administration who fail to satisfy requests for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital or medical services within the VA's wait-time goals or within the time line specified by the requesting individual, whichever is later.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4384 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2016 Mr. Guinta (for himself and Ms. Gabbard ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , 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 A BILL To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to preclude certain senior employees of the Veterans Health Administration from receiving bonuses when any employee of such Administration has not met certain wait-time goals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Administration Bonus Elimination Act of 2016 . 2. Prohibition on bonuses for certain senior employees of the Veterans Health Administration when wait-time goals are not met (a) In general Section 705 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( 38 U.S.C. 703 note) is amended— (1) by striking In each of and inserting the following: (a) Cap on bonuses In each of ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Prohibition on bonuses under certain circumstances The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that no awards or bonuses described in subsection (a) are paid to an employee of the Veterans Health Administration in a senior executive position (as defined in section 713(g) of title 38, United States Code) at a time when any employee of such Administration has failed to satisfy a request for an appointment for hospital care or medical services from the Department within the wait-time goals of the Veterans Health Administration (as defined in section 101(s)) for such request or within the timeline specified by the individual making such request, whichever is later. . (b) Clarification of interaction with existing law Section 205(a) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking are not used as factors and inserting are not, except as provided by section 705(b), used as factors .