Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 18, 2013)
Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act - Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend until December 31, 2016, the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for persons other than VA employees (i.e., contract physicians) to conduct medical disability examinations of applicants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Permits licensed, VA-contracted physicians to conduct such examinations at any location in any state, the District of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, so long as the examination is authorized under the contract.
Amends the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1996 to provide similar authorities with respect to permissible examination locations to licensed physicians under the pilot program authorizing the VA to use contract physicians to perform medical disability examinations of applicants for benefits under laws carried out through the Under Secretary for Benefits. Expands from 10 to 15 the maximum number of VA regional offices through which the Secretary is authorized to carry out such pilot program.
Directs the Secretary to conduct an annual data analysis (including an analysis of backlogged claims, pending workloads, and the timeliness of completed cases) to determine the regional offices requiring support.
What just happenedJul 17, 2013
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 18, 2013
- Jul 17, 2013Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Jul 17, 2013Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 1, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jun 28, 2013Committee
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Prior to Referral.
- Jun 18, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jun 18, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 18, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House