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     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill requires the directors of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to the VA and Congress&amp;nbsp;an annual fact sheet containing specified information about their facility of jurisdiction (e.g., the number of veterans treated at the facility) and a quarterly fact sheet containing the average wait time for veterans to receive treatment at the facility.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The required fact sheets must be made publicly available in physical form at each medical facility and in an electronic form on the facility's website. &lt;/p&gt;
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Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.
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2021-02-03
Introduced in House
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 <p><b>VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the directors of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to the VA and Congress&nbsp;an annual fact sheet containing specified information about their facility of jurisdiction (e.g., the number of veterans treated at the facility) and a quarterly fact sheet containing the average wait time for veterans to receive treatment at the facility.</p> <p>The required fact sheets must be made publicly available in physical form at each medical facility and in an electronic form on the facility's website. </p>
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