Reforms to Encourage VA Meaningful Progress Act of 2017 or the REVAMP Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) Under Secretary for Health to implement a process to evaluate reviews of the organizational structure of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) conducted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Inspector General of the VA, the Government Accountability Office, the Commission on Care, or an independent entity.
The Under Secretary shall use such process to: (1) assess the results of the evaluation to be conducted of the Veterans Integrated Service Network with respect to the implementation of realignments and the identification of deficiencies that require corrective action, and (2) implement actions to improve the network.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3185 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3185
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the
organizational structure of the Veterans Health Administration, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 11, 2017
Mr. Joyce of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the
organizational structure of the Veterans Health Administration, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reforms to Encourage VA Meaningful
Progress Act of 2017'' or the ``REVAMP Act''.
SEC. 2. EVALUATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF VETERANS HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION AND REALIGNMENT OF VETERANS INTEGRATED
SERVICE NETWORK.
(a) Organizational Structure.--
(1) Process.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting
through the Under Secretary for Health, shall implement a
process to consistently evaluate reviews described in paragraph
(3).
(2) Matters included.--The process under paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) Identification of the officials and the offices
of the Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for
evaluating and approving, and ensuring the
implementation of, recommendations made by reviews
described in paragraph (3), including--
(i) the roles of each such official and
office; and
(ii) a description of how decisions are
made and documented to approve such
implementation.
(B) A description of how recommendations made by
reviews described in paragraph (3) should be evaluated.
(C) A description of how timelines should be
established to ensure recommendations are evaluated and
implemented in a timely manner and metrics to assess
the progress made with respect to such implementation.
(3) Reviews described.--The reviews described in this
paragraph are reviews of the organizational structure of the
Veterans Health Administration conducted by the Secretary, the
Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the
Comptroller General of the United States, the Commission on
Care established by section 202 of the Veterans Access, Choice,
and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 128 Stat.
1773), or by an independent entity, as determined appropriate
by the Secretary.
(4) First use.--The Under Secretary shall use the process
under paragraph (1) to evaluate the results of the evaluation
conducted under subsection (b)(1). The Under Secretary shall
make any required improvements to such process based on the
lessons learned by the Under Secretary resulting from such use.
(b) Veterans Integrated Service Network.--
(1) Evaluation.--Consistent with the report of the
Comptroller General of the United States titled ``VA Health
Care: Processes to Evaluate, Implement, and Monitor
Organizational Structure Changes Needed'' (GAO-16-803), the
Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Health, shall
conduct an evaluation of the Veterans Integrated Service
Network, including with respect to--
(A) the implementation by the Secretary of
realignments to such Network; and
(B) identifying deficiencies to such Network that
require corrective action.
(2) Assessment and implementation.--In accordance with
subsection (a)(4), the Under Secretary shall use the process
implemented under subsection (a) to assess the results of the
evaluation conducted under paragraph (1) and to implement
changes and other actions to improve the Veterans Integrated
Service Network.
(c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Under Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that
includes a description of--
(1) the process implemented under subsection (a)(1);
(2) the deficiencies identified under paragraph (1) of
subsection (b); and
(3) how the Under Secretary will carry out paragraph (2) of
such subsection.
(d) Prohibition on New Appropriations.--No additional funds are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, and this Act shall
be carried out using amounts otherwise made available for such
purposes.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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