Sec. 253.
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a plan to reduce the chances that clinical mistakes by employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs will result in adverse events that require institutional or clinical disclosures and to prevent any unnecessary hardship for patients and families impacted by such adverse events. The plan required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: A description of a process for the timely identification of individuals impacted by disclosures described in subsection
(a)and the process for contacting those individuals or their next of kin. A description of procedures for expediting any remedial or follow-up care required for those individuals. A detailed outline of proposed changes to the process of the Department for clinical quality checks and oversight. A communication plan to ensure all facilities of the Department are made aware of any requirements updated pursuant to the plan. A timeline detailing the implementation of the plan. An identification of the senior executive of the Department responsible for ensuring compliance with the plan. An identification of potential impacts of the plan on timely diagnoses for patients. An identification of the processes and procedures for employees of the Department to make leadership at the facility and the Department aware of adverse events that are concerning and that result in disclosures and to ensure that the medical impact on veterans of such disclosures is minimized. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.