II
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1547
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 25 (legislative day, September 24), 2013
Mr. Burr introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the dialysis pilot program implemented by the Department of Veterans Affairs and submit a report to Congress before expanding that program, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Veterans Dialysis Pilot Program Review
Act of 2013
.
Limitation on expansion of dialysis pilot program
Limitation
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not expand the dialysis pilot program to any facility that is not an initial facility until after the date that—
the Secretary has implemented the dialysis pilot program at each initial facility for a period of not less than two years;
an independent analysis of the dialysis pilot program has been conducted at each initial facility; and
the report required by subsection (b) has been submitted.
Report
Not later than 60 days after the date of the completion of the independent analysis required by subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that—
includes the results of that independent analysis; and
addresses any recommendations with respect to the dialysis pilot program provided in a report prepared by the Government Accountability Office.
Definitions
In this section:
Dialysis pilot program
The term dialysis pilot program means the pilot demonstration program established by the Secretary in 2009 to provide dialysis care to patients at certain outpatient facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Initial facility
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.