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Senate Bill 3224
116th Congress(2019-2020)
VA Research Approval Efficiency Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 21, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 21, 2020
Latest Action
Jan 21, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
3224
Congress
116
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
Democrat
Jon Tester
Montana
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

VA Research Approval Efficiency Act of 2020

This bill addresses clinical research procedures within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Specifically, the bill requires the VA to complete policy revisions within the internal directive titled Requirements for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research to allow sponsored clinical research of the VA to use accredited commercial institutional review boards to review VA research proposal protocols.

The VA must identify accredited commercial institutional review boards for use in connection with sponsored clinical research of the VA and establish a process to modify existing approvals if a board loses its accreditation during an ongoing clinical trial.

The bill also requires the VA to establish an Office of Research Reviews within the VA's Office of Information and Technology. The office shall (1) perform centralized security reviews and complete security processes for approved research sponsored outside the VA, (2) develop and maintain a list of commercially available software preferred for use in sponsored clinical trials of the VA, (3) ensure such software list is maintained as part of the official approved software products list, and (4) develop benchmarks for time lines for security reviews.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
January 21, 2020
Related Bills (2)
Oct 17, 2020
Became Public Law 116-171
54
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 785
Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
Became Law
Amendments
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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Identified By
CRS
Sep 04, 2020
Introduced in House
2
Sponsorship
House Bill 8172
VA Research Technology Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (2)
01/21/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
01/21/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:22:54 PM
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