S.Amdt. 2254

SA 2254. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2372, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of title V, add the following:

SEC. 513. IMPROVING ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN VETERANS HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION BY REQUIRING REPORTING OF MAJOR
ADVERSE ACTIONS TAKEN TO NATIONAL PRACTITIONER
DATA BANK AND STATE LICENSING BOARDS.

Section 7461 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:

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``(f) Whenever the Under Secretary for Health (or an
official designated by the Under Secretary) brings charges
based on conduct or performance against a section 7401(1)
employee and as a result of those charges a major adverse
action is taken against the employee, the Under Secretary
shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which such
major adverse action is carried out, transmit to the National
Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable State licensing
board the name of the employee, a description of the major
adverse action, and a description of the reason for the major
adverse action.''.
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