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S. 1319: VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act

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S. 1319: VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-22 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act

Plain summary

VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make certain staffing and quality of care data publicly available on a specified VA website. Among other elements, the information published on the website should include statistics related to patient wait times, effectiveness of care, and staffing and vacancy information. The website must be (1) directly accessible from the main VA website and the main websites of each VA medical center, and (2) understandable and usable by the general public. The VA must implement a self-auditing process to assess the accuracy and completeness of the data available on the website.

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Official text

VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1319, VA Quality Health Care Accountability and Transparency Act (2021-10-15)

Cosponsors on this site

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] reported raising $47.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s1319 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117