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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2679 (Introduced in Senate) — To strengthen accountability and oversight at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. · Sec. 201

Sec. 201. Oversight visit requirements for medical facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs

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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Health, shall establish requirements for in-person oversight visits by officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs to medical facilities of the Department as follows: Not less frequently than once each fiscal year, the director of each medical center of the Department shall make an announced or unannounced oversight visit to each medical facility that is within the jurisdiction of such director or the catchment area of such medical center.
Not less frequently than once every two fiscal years, each member of the executive leadership team, except for the director, of each medical center of the Department shall make an announced or unannounced oversight visit to each medical facility that is within the jurisdiction of such team or the catchment area of such medical center. Not less frequently than once every two fiscal years, the director of each Veterans Integrated Service Network of the Department shall make an announced or unannounced oversight visit to each medical center of the Department that falls within such network.
Not later than October 1 following the end of the second fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every fiscal year thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through the Under Secretary for Health, 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— any observations regarding the impact of in-person visits required under subsection
(a)in improving oversight of, and leadership engagement in, facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, accountability of employees, to include leadership, at such facilities, and care delivery and quality to veterans; the number of individuals, their job title, and the facility of the Department at which they serve, who have not met the requirements set forth in subsection
(a)and steps taken to improve compliance with such requirements, including an explanation as to why those requirements were not met; and any other observations the Secretary or the Under Secretary for Health may have regarding the impact of visits required under subsection
(a)on improving health care delivery, quality, safety, leadership, and accountability.
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