,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,coffman 7for himself and ,mr4 ,roe
 of ,tennessee7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to direct the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs to report cases of
 reportable infectious diseases at      
medical facilities of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs in accordance with  
,state law4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,infectious        
,disease ,reporting ,act4  #b4 ,report  
of infectious disease at medical        
facilities of ,department of ,veterans  
,affairs  7a7 ,in general ,section #gcaa
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new subsection3  7f7 7#a7 ,the
 ,secretary shall report to the         
appropriate entity each case of a       
reportable infectious disease that      

occurs at a medical facility of the     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs in    
accordance with the laws of the ,state  
in which the facility is located4  7#b7 
,in addition to reporting each case of a
 reportable infectious disease at a     
medical facility of the ,department     
pursuant to paragraph 7#a71 the         
,secretary shall report each such case  
to the accrediting organization of such 
facility4  7#c7 7,a7 ,if the ,secretary 
fails to report a case of a reportable  
infectious disease at a medical facility
 of the ,department in accordance with  
,state law pursuant to paragraph 7#a71  
the ,secretary shall pay to the ,state  
an amount equal to the amount that a    
medical facility not owned by the       
,federal ,government that is located in 
the same ,state would pay as a penalty  
to such ,state for such failure4  7,b7  
,the ,state may file a civil action     
against the ,secretary in the ,united   
,states district court for the district 
in which the medical facility is located

 to recover from the ,united ,states the
 amount described in subparagraph 7,a74 
7#d7 ,in this subsection1 the term      
reportable infectious disease means1    
with respect to a medical facility of   
the ,department1 a disease that the     
,state in which the facility is located 
requires to be reported4  4  7b7        
,effective date ,the reporting          
requirement under section #gcaa7;f7 of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 as    
added by subsection 7a71 shall apply    
with respect to a case of reportable    
infectious disease occurring at a       
medical facility of the ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs on or after the date 
that is #fj days after the date of the  
enactment of this ,act4