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Calendar No. 273
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 115-212
CARING FOR OUR VETERANS ACT OF 2017
MARCH 7, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. ISAKSON, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2193]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs (hereinafter, Committee),
having considered an original bill, S. 2193, to amend title 38,
United States Code (hereinafter, U.S.C.), to improve health care
for veterans, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.
INTRODUCTION
On January 12, 2017, Senator Heller introduced S. 113, the pro-
posed Maximizing Efficiency and Improving Access to Providers at
the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. S. 113 would require the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to in-
crease the use of medical scribes to maximize the efficiency of phy-
sicians at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs
(hereinafter, VA). Senator Tester was an original cosponsor. The
bill was referred to the Committee.
On January 12, 2017, Senator Heller introduced S. 114, the pro-
posed VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017. S. 114
would require VA to submit an annual report on performance
awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level VA employees.
Senator Casey was an original cosponsor. Senators Collins and
King were later added as cosponsors. The bill was referred to the
Committee.
On January 12, 2017, Senator Heller introduced S. 115, the pro-
posed Veterans Transplant Coverage Act. S. 115 would amend title
38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide
for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a trans-
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