,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bfbb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bb1    
#bjah ,mr4 ,inhofe 7for himself1 ,mrs4  
,shaheen1 and ,mr4 ,lankford7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require directors of medical facilities 
of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs
 to submit plans to the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs on how to improve    
such facilities1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,plans to improve medical         
facilities of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,plans required 
7#a7 ,plans of directors of medical     
facilities ,the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs shall require each director of 
a medical facility of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs to submit to the    
director of the facility's ,veterans    
,integrated ,service ,network1 not later
 than #ij days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 a plan to       

improve such facility in such a fashion 
as would result in the facility         
obtaining a ,department five-star       
rating4  7#b7 ,plans of directors of    
,veterans ,integrated ,service ,networks
 ,the ,secretary shall require each     
director of a ,veterans ,integrated     
,service ,network to submit to the      
,secretary1 not later than #fj days     
after receiving all of the plans under  
paragraph 7#a71 a plan1 based on the    
plans received under paragraph 7#a71 to 
improve the facilities within the       
,veterans ,integrated ,service ,network 
in such a fashion that would improve the
 rating of all facilities within the    
network4  7#c7 ,contents ,the ,secretary
 shall ensure that each plan submitted  
under this subsection includes          
sufficient detail regarding resources1  
personnel changes1 hiring authorities1  
additional staffing1 and changes to     
information systems as is necessary to  
obtain the rating described in          
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b74  7b7 ,annual  

reports ,the ,secretary shall ensure    
that1 in the first fiscal year beginning
 after the date that is #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
and not less frequently than once each  
fiscal year thereafter1 each director of
 a ,veterans ,integrated ,service       
,network in which a medical facility of 
the ,department has a one-1 two-1 or    
three-star rating submits to the        
,secretary a report on the actions taken
 by the director to carry out the plan  
submitted by the director under         
subsection 7a77#b7 and to obtain for the
 facility the rating described in such  
subsection4  7c7 ,sense of ,congress on 
use of authorities ,to investigate      
medical centers of the ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs ,it is the sense of  
,congress that the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs should make full use 
of the authorities provided by section  
#b of the ,enhancing ,veteran ,care ,act
 7,public ,law #aae-ie74