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1 S. 372, Ensuring Quality Care for Our Veterans Act, as Ordered Reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 28, 2021 1 (September 8, 2021)

handle is hein.congrec/cboenqcv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate September 8, 2021 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2021 2021-2026 2021-2031 Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. 372 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with a nonfederal entity to review the work of health care providers in the Veterans Health Administration who have had a professional license terminated for care and services that were provided in a facility other than a VA facility. The clinical review would assess the quality of care furnished by those providers in VA facilities. If the review determines that VA's standards for care were not met during an episode of care from that provider, the bill would require the department to notify the individual who received that care or service. CBO expects that VA's current practices would satisfy the bill's requirements. VA does not generally hire providers whose professional licenses have been revoked. VA contracts with an external entity for clinical reviews of health care providers if it cannot conduct them in a timely manner, and it notifies patients if it discovers adverse events during treatment. Thus, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would not affect the federal budget. The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Etaf Khan. The estimate was reviewed by Leo Lex, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis. See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/publication/54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/42994.

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