# 114-hr-5399: Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2016

114-hr-5399, Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] (R-TN); status Received in the Senate. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5399
- Congress: 114
- Title: Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2016
- Status: Received in the Senate.
- Introduced: 2016-06-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA physician is informed of the duty to report any covered activity committed by another physician that the physician witnesses or otherwise directly discovers to the applicable state licensing authority within five days. "Covered activity" means any activity occurring in a VA medical facility that consists of or causes the provision of impaired, incompetent, or unethical health care that requires direct reporting under the Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6468: FILCA of 2016
- 114-hr-6433: Protect the Flag Act
- 114-hr-6416: Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6402: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to avoid duplicative annual reporting, and for other purpose…
- 114-hr-6300: Unaffordable Care Act
- 114-hr-6277: Veterans' Health Care Safety Act of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-5399 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5399)

## Related
- [114-hr-6468: FILCA of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6468)
- [114-hr-6433: Protect the Flag Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6433)
- [114-hr-6416: Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvemen…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6416)
- [114-hr-6402: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6402)
- [114-hr-6300: Unaffordable Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6300)
- [114-hr-6277: Veterans' Health Care Safety Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6277)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5399 (as of 2025-11-18).