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Senate Bill 3737
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Dec 11, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
Dec 11, 2018
Latest Action
Dec 11, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3737
Congress
115
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Bill Cassidy
Louisiana
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

This bill makes changes to the process by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) procures certain medical, surgical, dental or laboratory supplies for its medical centers. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to (1) award contracts to multiple regional prime vendors instead of a single nationwide prime vendor, and (2) prohibit a prime vendor from solely designing the formulary (list of medicines covered) for such supplies.

The VA shall ensure that VA employees who conduct formulary analyses or makes decisions about including items on the formulary have relevant medical expertise. Additionally, the VA shall provide Congress with periodic lists of such individuals and their medical expertise listed by categories of formulary items.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
December 11, 2018
Related Bills (1)
May 21, 2018
Passed House
5
Sponsorship
House Bill 5418
Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
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Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
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CRS
Actions (2)
12/11/2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
12/11/2018
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:40:41 PM
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