{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-753","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 753","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-02-02","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-03-08","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h137","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act","result":"Passed","yea":426,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll137.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.","date":"2023-03-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-03-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system at each VA facility that would benefit from such a system's cost savings. In order to identify which VA facilities would benefit, the VA must develop a uniform regulated medical waste cost analysis model to determine the cost savings associated with the use of an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system."}],"words":96},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify Department of Veterans Affairs facilities that would benefit from cost savings and to install and operate on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at them.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text/eh#H4BF7E7D6682B46BABF3158D51AF87689"}]},"core_areas":["On-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify Department facilities that would benefit from cost savings associated with an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system over a five-year period.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text/eh#H4BF7E7D6682B46BABF3158D51AF87689"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to develop a uniform regulated medical waste cost analysis model to determine the cost savings of using an on-site treatment system at Department facilities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text/eh#H4BF7E7D6682B46BABF3158D51AF87689"}},{"text":"Requires the model to compare the cost of off-site treatment under a contract with a non-Department entity against the cost of on-site treatment based on manufacturers' equipment specifications, with capital costs amortized over a ten-year period.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text/eh#H4BF7E7D6682B46BABF3158D51AF87689"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to secure, install, and operate an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system at each facility identified.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text/eh#H4BF7E7D6682B46BABF3158D51AF87689"}},{"text":"Defines regulated medical waste by reference to section 173.134(a)(5) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, with a more expansive applicable State law definition applying where one exists.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text/eh#H4BF7E7D6682B46BABF3158D51AF87689"}},{"text":"Authorizes no additional funds to be appropriated to carry out the requirements of the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text/eh#H58C84459364E4A20A2C7418400F9C129"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-03-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/753/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-753.png","v":"24b93ca5b0ff","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 753, 118th Congress: Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act. House: 426 Yea, 0 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Mar 2023."}}