,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdbh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #d1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,leahy introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to ensure that   
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
provides temporary care in the most cost
 effective manner when patients are     
relocated during medical facility       
construction and renovation projects1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,transparency in ,cost of ,veterans     
,care ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,improved     
accounting of major medical facility    
construction projects  7a7 ,in general  
,section #hajd7;b7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in    
paragraph 7#a71 by adding at the end the
 following new subparagraph3  7,f7      
,additional costs of providing hospital 
care or medical services resulting from 

temporary displacement of clinical space
 required by such construction1         
alteration1 lease1 or acquisition4  2   
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new paragraph3  7#g7 ,in the  
case of a project that results in       
temporary displacement of clinical      
space1 an analysis of any additional    
costs of providing hospital care or     
medical services resulting from such    
displacement1 including additional costs
 associated with-- 7,a7 contracting with
 a non-,department facility in order to 
furnish hospital care or medical        
services2  7,b7 beneficiary travel2 and 
7,c7 the lease or purchase of a         
temporary or mobile medical facility4  4
  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments   
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply with 
respect to requests for funding of major
 medical facility projects and major    
medical facility leases submitted to    
,congress pursuant to section #hajd7;b7 
of such title on or after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4