,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #dbb #aafth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #abc     
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,january #ae1 #bjai,ms4 ,ernst
 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4        
,grassley1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 and ,mrs4     
,capito7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs      
,february #ac1 #bjbj,reported by ,mr4   
,moran1 without amendment  ,a ,,bill    
,to require the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs to enter into a contract or    
other agreement with a third party to   
review appointees in the ,veterans      
,health ,administration who had a       
license terminated for cause by a ,state
 licensing board for care or services   
rendered at a non-,veterans ,health     
,administration facility and to provide 
individuals treated by such an appointee
 with notice if it is determined that an
 episode of care or services to which   
they received was below the standard of 
care1 and for other purposes4  #a4      

,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,ensuring ,quality ,care for ,our   
,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,third party review
 of appointees in ,veterans ,health     
,administration who had a license       
terminated for cause and notice to      
individuals treated by those appointees 
if determined that an episode of care or
 services to which they received was    
below the standard of care  7a7 ,third  
party review  7#a7 ,in general ,not     
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
enter into a contract or other agreement
 with an organization that is not part  
of the ,federal ,government to conduct a
 clinical review for quality management 
of hospital care or medical services    
furnished by covered providers4  7#b7   
,qualifications ,the ,secretary shall   
ensure that each review of a covered    
provider under this subsection is       
performed by an individual who is       
licensed in the same specialty as the   

covered provider4  7b7 ,notice to       
patients treated by covered providers   
,with respect to hospital care or       
medical services furnished by a covered 
provider under the laws administered by 
the ,secretary1 if a clinical review for
 quality management under subsection 7a7
 determines that the standard of care   
was not met during an episode of care1  
the ,secretary shall notify the         
individual who received such care or    
services from the covered provider as   
described in applicable policy of the   
,veterans ,heath ,administration4  7c7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,covered provider ,the term covered     
provider means an individual who-- 7,a7 
was appointed to the ,veterans ,health  
,administration under section #gdja of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code2 and   
7,b7 had a license terminated for cause 
by a ,state licensing board for hospital
 care or medical services provided in a 
facility that is not a facility of the  
,veterans ,health ,administration4  7#b7

 ,hospital care or medical services ,the
 terms hospital care and medical        
services have the meanings given those  
terms in section #agja of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code4  ,february #ac1  
#bjbj,reported without amendment