[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9091 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9091
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an
information technology system to manage supply chains for medical
facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 30, 2022
Mr. Mann (for himself, Mr. Bost, Mr. Rosendale, and Mr. Bergman)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an
information technology system to manage supply chains for medical
facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``VA Supply Chain Management System
Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY CHAINS FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES OF
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Authority.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may only carry out a covered
information technology system if--
(A) the system meets the requirements under
subsection (b); and
(B) the system does not require the use of a
specific contract to procure supplies.
(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect
to information technology systems used by the Secretary at
joint facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Department of Defense.
(b) Requirements.--The Secretary shall ensure that a covered
information technology system meets the following requirements:
(1) The system shall be cloud-based.
(2) With respect to the items covered by the system--
(A) the system shall include--
(i) medical supplies;
(ii) surgical equipment and supplies;
(iii) laboratory equipment and supplies;
(iv) supplies and capital equipment
pertaining to facilities or real property;
(v) biomedical equipment;
(vi) textiles and apparel;
(vii) dental equipment and supplies; and
(viii) equipment and supplies relating to
the treatment of sleep apnea;
(B) the system may include (but, if not so included
in the system itself, the system shall include through
an interface with an external information technology
system)--
(i) prosthetic appliances requiring
extensive customization or fitting;
(ii) prosthetic appliances not requiring
extensive customization or fitting;
(iii) pharmaceuticals;
(iv) reusable medical equipment; and
(v) eyeglasses; and
(C) the system may not include--
(i) high-tech medical equipment;
(ii) surgical implants;
(iii) information technology;
(iv) equipment and supplies of the National
Cemetery Administration that are not used by
the Veterans Health Administration; and
(v) equipment and supplies of the Veterans
Benefits Administration that are not used by
the Veterans Health Administration.
(3) The system shall include functions relating to--
(A) inventory management of both expendable and
nonexpendable items covered by the system, with respect
to both--
(i) physical inventory; and
(ii) perpetual inventory;
(B) management of the receipt of such items, with
respect to--
(i) intake;
(ii) returns; and
(iii) the identification of such items that
are recalled;
(C) management of the storage of such items, with
respect to--
(i) local storage; and
(ii) centralized storage at a medical
facility or warehousing at a different location
for one or more medical facilities;
(D) management of the distribution such items;
(E) the generation and scanning of barcodes or the
use of radio frequency identification technology or
other similar inventory tracking technology; and
(F) reporting, consisting of--
(i) standard or preexisting reports; and
(ii) customizable or custom-generated
reports.
(4) The system shall include (either in the system itself
or through an interface with an external information technology
system) functions relating to--
(A) capital asset management;
(B) ordering of items covered by the system;
(C) maintenance of a catalog of available supplies;
and
(D) lifecycle tracking from acquisition of such
items through the disposal of such items.
(5) The system shall have existing interfaces with or the
capability to interface with--
(A) the Integrated Financial and Acquisition
Management System of the Department of Veterans
Affairs; and
(B) the electronic health record systems of the
Department, including--
(i) the Veterans Health Information Systems
and Technology Architecture and Computerized
Patient Record System; and
(ii) the electronic health record system
established under the Electronic Health Record
Modernization Program (as defined in section
503 of Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of
2018 (Public Law 115-407; 38 U.S.C. 5701 note
prec.)).
(6) The system shall have the capacity to accommodate not
fewer than 50,000 users.
(7) The system shall include any other functions,
capabilities, or components as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Completion of Implementation.--The Secretary shall complete the
implementation of a covered information technology system by not later
than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Covered Information Technology System Defined.--In this
section, the term ``covered information technology system'' means an
information technology system, or a system of systems, for the
management of supply chains, including with respect to inventory and
other functions.
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