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H.R. 4591 · 117th CongressEnacted

VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021

Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 117-154. · June 23, 2022

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What this bill would do
Official summary · Congressional Research Service

VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report quarterly on (1) the costs of its Electronic Health Record Modernization Program, including by describing all expenses driven by the program; and (2) the performance metrics and outcomes of the program.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on June 23, 2022. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status
Introduced
July 21, 2021
In committee
Passed a chamber
Cleared Congress
Enacted
June 23, 2022
Where this sits in the process
Common questions
Composed from the official record
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?

This bill has been enacted. It is law.

The record's latest action, on June 23, 2022: Became Public Law No: 117-154.

Has anyone actually voted on it?

No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.

A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.

Who is behind it?

Frank Mrvan (D-IN) introduced it on July 21, 2021, and 11 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They come from both major parties: 8 Democrats, 3 Republicans.

Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.

Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.

Vote history

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No roll call in this Congress cites this bill. Most bills die in committee without ever reaching a recorded floor vote.