§1703G — Title 38 Veterans' Benefits | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must send the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees a report every quarter about referrals for care outside the VA that started at each VA medical facility in the previous quarter. For each facility, the report must show five timing measures: time from a VA clinician deciding care is needed (or a veteran asking for care) to when the referral is sent; time from sending the referral to the outside provider accepting it; time from acceptance to the referral being completed; time from completion to when an appointment is scheduled; and time from scheduling to when the appointment happens. The report must also include any other time periods the Secretary thinks are needed.

Title 38, §1703G

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The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a quarterly report containing, with respect to referrals for non-Department health care originating from a medical facility of the Department during the quarter preceding the date of the submission of the report, a measurement of, for each such medical facility—

(1)the period of time between—

(A)the date on which a clinician employed by the Department determines that a veteran requires care, or a veteran presents to the Department requesting care, and the date on which the referral for care is sent to a non-Department health care provider;

(B)the date on which such referral is sent to a non-Department health care provider and the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral;

(C)the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral and the date on which such referral is completed;

(D)the date on which such referral is completed and the date on which an appointment with a non-Department health care provider is made; and

(E)the date on which such an appointment is made and the date on which such appointment occurs; and

(2)any other period of time that the Secretary determines necessary.

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Pub. L. 118–210, title I, § 140(b), Jan. 2, 2025, 138 Stat. 2744, provided that: “The first report under section 1703G [38 U.S.C. 1703G], as added by this section, shall be due not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section [Jan. 2, 2025].”

§1703G Quarterly Report on Referrals for Non-department Health Care

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Title 38, §1703G

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