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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1982 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes. · Sec. 326

Sec. 326. Independent assessment of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks and medical centers of Department of Veterans Affairs

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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall seek to enter into a contract with an independent third-party to perform the services covered by this section. The Secretary shall seek to enter into the contract described in paragraph
(1)not later than 540 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Under a contract between the Secretary and an independent third-party under this section, the third party shall carry out a study— to assess the organizational structures of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and to improve succession planning among key leadership roles at Veterans Integrated Service Networks and medical centers of the Department. In carrying out the study, the third party shall— assess whether the organizational structure of the medical centers of the Department is effective for the furnishing of medical services, addressing issues that arise regarding the furnishing of medical services, and addressing standard business operations; propose one organizational chart for Department medical centers with a common set of base position descriptions; propose a base set of medical positions that should be filled to ensure that the health care provided to veterans by the Department is of good quality; and identify which key leadership positions at Veterans Integrated Service Networks and Department medical centers should have succession plans and propose how to implement such plans. The third party shall complete the study under this section not later than 270 days after entering into the contract described in subsection (a). Not later than 90 days after the date on which the third party completes the study under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the results of such study. This section shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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