HB 1016 Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

About HB-1016

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 - Directs the President to include in annual budget justification documents submitted to Congress information on estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted for the following accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA):

• (1) Medical Services;
• (2) Medical Support and Compliance; and
• (3) Medical Facilities

Requires annually for such accounts, beginning with FY2011, discretionary new budget authority to:

• (1) be made available for that fiscal year; and
• (2) include, for each such account, advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year

Directs the VA Secretary to report annually to Congress on the sufficiency of VA resources for the proceeding fiscal year with respect to the provision of medical care, including estimates of the workload and demand data for that fiscal year. Requires the Comptroller General to:

• (1) annually study the adequacy and accuracy of VA baseline model projections for health care expenditures for that fiscal year; and
• (2) report study results, during 2011 through 2013, to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.