Miller (R-FL) – Amendment No. 1 – Manager’s Amendments makes technical and conforming changes to the bill and aligns the due process procedures for the recoupment provisions of the bill (10 minutes)
Walz (D-MN) – Amendment No. 2 – Strikes sections 2 through 8 and section 10. Amendment completely removes all of the accountability sections of the bill and only leaves the appeals section that was introduced by Ms. Titus. (10 minutes)
Takano (D-CA) – Amendment No. 3 – Replaces Section 3 with a new provision allowing the Secretary to suspend without pay any VA employee whose performance or misconduct threatens public health or safety, including the health and safety of veterans; and may remove a suspended employee after such investigation and review as the Secretary considers necessary, if the Secretary determines removal is in the interests of public health and safety (10 minutes)
Lujan Grisham (D-NM) – Amendment No. 4 – Adds Members of Congress to the reporting requirements (10 minutes)
Kuster (D-NH) – Amendment No. 5 – Replaces Section 7 with S. 2921 Section 113, which contains an improved process to expedite the removal or demotion of a member of the Senior Executive Service (10 minutes)
Takano (D-CA)[on behalf of Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)] – Amendment No. 6 – Replaces Section 8 with Sections 101-104 from S. 2921 to create the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (10 minutes)
Newhouse (R-WA) – Amendment No. 7 – Applies the statutory requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to emergency care furnished by the VA to enrolled veterans (10 minutes)
Schweikert (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 8 – Requires that the VA use distributive ledger technology when scheduling healthcare appointments to ensure transparency and accountability 1 year after enactment (10 minutes)
Cartwright (D-PA) – Amendment No. 9 – Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint a psychiatrist who completes a residency at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility to a VHA health care position immediately after such residency, without regard to civil service or classification laws, if the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in regulations prescribed for the position, and the position has been unfilled for at least 35 days (10 minutes)
Takano (D-CA) [on behalf of Frankel (D-FL)] – Amendment No. 10 – Provides the sense of the Congress honoring American veterans disabled for life and encouraging Americans to do so each year (10 minutes)
Takano (D-CA) [on behalf of Gallego (D-AZ)] – Amendment No. 11 – Establishes positions of Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) in the VA’s Office of Undersecretary for Health (10 minutes)
Keating (D-MA) – Amendment No. 12 – Directs healthcare providers with VA affiliation to take continuing education courses specific to pain management, opioids, and substance abuse (10 minutes)
Lowenthal (D-CA) – Amendment No. 13 – Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or a designee to review covered whistleblower complaints quarterly (10 minutes)
Lujan (D-NM) – Amendment No. 14 – Directs the VA to produce a report on the number of part-time active duty military physicians in VA health facilities, the hiring process for part-time active duty military physicians, the hiring process for part-time civilian physicians in, and the steps the VA is taking to recruit active duty military physicians for part-time employment in VA health facilities (10 minutes)
Takano (D-CA) [on behalf of Maloney, Sean (D-NY)] – Amendment No. 15 – Extends the Department of Veterans Affairs authority for the performance of medical disability evaluations by contract physicians by one year (10 minutes)
O'Rourke (D-TX) – Amendment No. 16 – Provides the VA with the authority to offer physicians conditional job offers two years earlier and increases the VA’s recruiting outreach efforts to academic affiliate institutions (10 minutes)
O'Rourke (D-TX) – Amendment No. 17 – Provides the VA with the authority to share a patient’s electronic health record with VA community-based providers, while maintaining HIPPA protections (10 minutes)
O'Rourke (D-TX) – Amendment No. 18 – Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (10 minutes)
Takano (D-CA) [on behalf of Walz (D-MN)] – Amendment No. 19 – Enables any person who is entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or who, but for age, would be so entitled to be honored as a veteran. A person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition (10 minutes)
Takano (D-CA) [on behalf of Walz (D-MN)] – Amendment No. 20 – Allows the Secretary of the VA to furnish rehabilitative equipment to Veterans entitled to prosthetic appliances, and modify non-rehabilitative equipment owned by the Veteran to meet that purpose, if the Veteran elects. Rehabilitative equipment includes recreational sports equipment that provides an adaption or accommodation for the Veteran (10 minutes)
Duffy (R-WI) – Amendment No. 21 – Allows the VA to also use hearing aid specialists, who are more available, and are qualified to fit, program, adjust, and repair hearing aids (10 minutes)
Miller (R-FL) [on behalf of Lance (R-NJ)] – Amendment No. 22 – Inserts the legislative text of H.R. 658 which requires a V.A. Regional Office carry out claim adjudication within 125 days with 98% accuracy. Regional Offices must submit a three step report every time it fails to meet its 125 day goal with explanation, reasoning, and solutions for improvement. It will also contain a description of additional resources necessary for the office to reach its goals, from staffing to policy changes, and an action plan to enable the office to meet its goal (10 minutes)
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