3.0.0 666 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z Senate S 2015-03-04 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-04T21:22:01Z Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2015 114 1331 HR 2015-05-14 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . Related bill CRS 2015-03-04 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Disability assistance Evidence and witnesses Health information and medical records Medical tests and diagnostic methods Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-21T15:13:33Z Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2015

Requires (current law authorizes) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept, for purposes of establishing a claim for veterans disability benefits, a report of a medical examination administered by a private physician without requiring confirmation by a Veterans Health Administration physician if the report is sufficiently complete. Defines "sufficiently complete" as competent, credible, probative, and containing such information as required to make a decision on the claim for which the report is provided.

Requires the Secretary to submit: (1) a report on the progress of the VA's Acceptable Clinical Evidence initiative in reducing the necessity for in-person disability examinations, and (2) an annual report for each VA regional office regarding claims for which private medical evidence was determined to be unacceptable.

]]> Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2015 Display Title Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s666is/xml/BILLS-114s666is.xml 2015-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.