,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aedg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #be 
7legislative day1 ,september #bd71      
#bjac,mr4 ,burr introduced the following
 bill2 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      
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans ,dialysis ,pilot ,program 
,review ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,limitation 
on expansion of dialysis pilot program  
7a7 ,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-- 7#a7 the          
,secretary has implemented the dialysis 
pilot program at each initial facility  

for a period of not less than two years2
  7#b7 an independent analysis of the   
dialysis pilot program has been         
conducted at each initial facility2 and 
7#c7 the report required by subsection  
7b7 has been submitted4  7b7 ,report    
,not later than #fj days after the date 
of the completion of the independent    
analysis required by subsection 7a77#b71
 the ,secretary shall submit to         
,congress a report that-- 7#a7 includes 
the results of that independent         
analysis2 and  7#b7 addresses any       
recommendations with respect to the     
dialysis pilot program provided in a    
report prepared by the ,government      
,accountability ,office4  7c7           
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,dialysis pilot program ,the term       
dialysis pilot program means the pilot  
demonstration program established by the
 ,secretary in #bjji to provide dialysis
 care to patients at certain outpatient 
facilities operated by the ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs4  7#b7 ,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 ,act4