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[USC02] 38 USC 8125: Procurement of health-care items
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38 USC 8125: Procurement of health-care items Text contains those laws in effect on August 13, 2020
(b)(1) A health-care item for use by the Department may be procured under a local contract if-
(Added Pub. L. 100–322, title IV, §403(a)(1), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 543 , §5025; amended Pub. L. 100–687, div. B, title XV, §1507(b), (c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4136 , 4137; renumbered §8125, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238 ; Pub. L. 102–83, §4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404 , 405; Pub. L. 102–405, title III, §302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984 ; Pub. L. 107–14, §8(a)(15), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 35 ; Pub. L. 113–188, title XVII, §1701, Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2026 .)
2014-Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 113–188 redesignated subsec. (e) as (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which required annual reports from the directors of Department medical centers and from the Secretary.
2001-Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 107–14, §8(a)(15)(A), struck out "(beginning in 1992)" after "each year".
1992-Subsec. (b)(1)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 102–405 substituted "Under Secretary for Health" for "Chief Medical Director".
1991-Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5025 of this title as this section.
1988-Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 100–687, §1507(b)(1), inserted "(beginning in 1992)" after "of each year".
Pub. L. 100–322, title IV, §403(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 545 , as amended by Pub. L. 100–687, div. B, title XV, §1507(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4136 , provided that:
Pub. L. 115–407, title VII, §703, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5381 , provided that:
"(a) Vendors.-In procuring certain medical, surgical, and dental supplies or laboratory supplies for medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program, or successor program, in a manner that-
"(b) Clinically Driven Sourcing.-
"(1) Expertise.-In carrying out the formulary of supplies under the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program, or successor program, the Secretary shall ensure that each employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who conducts formulary analyses or makes decisions with respect to including items on the formulary has medical expertise relevant to the items for which the employee conducts such analyses or makes such decisions.
"(2) Lists.-Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 31, 2018], and every six months thereafter with respect to any updates, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a list of each employee described in paragraph (1) and the relevant medical expertise of the employee, listed by the categories of items in the formulary described in such paragraph."
Pub. L. 100–322, title IV, §402, May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 543 , as amended by Pub. L. 100–687, div. B, title XV, §1508, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4137 , directed Administrator, not later than Oct. 1, 1989, to develop and fully implement an agency-wide plan for cost-effective standardization of health-care items procured by Veterans' Administration.