Sec. 4006. LIMITATION ON DIALYSIS PILOT PROGRAM
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## SEC. 4006 LIMITATION ON DIALYSIS PILOT PROGRAM **[**[38 U.S.C. 1701 note](/us/usc/t38/s1701)**]** ###
(a)Limitation None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may be used to expand the dialysis pilot program or to create any new dialysis capability provided by the Department in a facility that is not an initial facility under the dialysis pilot program until— ####
(1)an independent analysis of the dialysis pilot program is conducted for each such initial facility; ####
(2)the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees the report under subsection (b); and ####
(3)a period of 180 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary submits such report. ###
(b)Report The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the following: ####
(1)The independent analysis described in subsection (a)(1). ####
(2)A five-year dialysis investment plan explaining all of the options of the Secretary for delivering dialysis care to veterans, including how and where such care will be delivered. ###
(c)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and #####
(B)the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. ####
(2)The term “dialysis pilot program” means the pilot demonstration program approved by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health in August 2010 and by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in September 2010 to provide dialysis care to patients at certain outpatient facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. ####
(3)The term “initial facility” means one of the four outpatient facilities identified by the Secretary to participate in the dialysis pilot program prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Sec. 4006
LIMITATION ON DIALYSIS PILOT PROGRAM
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