S.Amdt. 2946

SA 2946. Mrs. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of title II of division C, add the following:

SEC. 2__. THIRD PARTY REVIEW OF APPOINTEES IN VETERANS HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION WHO HAD A LICENSE, REGISTRATION,
OR CERTIFICATION FOR THE PROVISION OF HOSPITAL
CARE OR MEDICAL SERVICES REVOKED AND NOTICE TO
INDIVIDUALS TREATED BY THOSE APPOINTEES.

(a) Third Party Review.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall enter into a contract or other agreement with an
organization that is not part of the Federal Government to
conduct a clinical review of the hospital care and medical
services furnished by covered individuals.
(b) Notice to Patients Treated by Covered Individuals.--
With respect to hospital care or medical services furnished
by a covered individual under the laws administered by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, if a clinical review
determines that an experienced, competent practitioner would
have managed the care or services differently, the Secretary
shall notify any individual who received such care or
services from the covered individual.
(c) Covered Individual.--For purposes of this section, a
covered individual is an individual who was appointed to a
position in the Veterans Health Administration covered by
subsection (b) of section 7402 of title 38, United States
Code, in violation of subsection (f) of such section because
the individual had a license, registration, or certification
applicable to the provision of hospital care or medical
services terminated for cause.
(d) Hospital Care and Medical Services Defined.--In this
section, the terms ``hospital care'' and ``medical services''
have the meanings given those terms in section 1701 of title
38, United States Code.
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