3.0.0 8412 2023-01-11T13:44:53Z 2023-01-11T13:44:53Z House HR 2020-09-29 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 29, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:H.R. 8412.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H5053]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-09-29T16:01:40Z 2020-09-29 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2020-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 N C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2020-10-16 False Armed Forces and National Security Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-09-29 Introduced in House 2021-08-27T15:03:34Z VA Community Care Wait Time Transparency Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a goal for the maximum number of days between the date on which a veteran requests an appointment for medical care and the date on which the appointment occurs. Such a goal shall apply to medical care furnished by the VA via non-VA and VA providers for both new and returning patients.

The VA must publish on a public website the average wait times for new and returning patients seeking care under the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) and the percentage of appointments for care under the VCCP that occur within the number of days specified for the wait time access standard.

]]> VA Community Care Wait Time Transparency Act of 2020 Display Title VA Community Care Wait Time Transparency Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced VA Community Care Wait Time Transparency Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish goals for the timely delivery of medical care and appointments, to make publicly available certain information regarding wait times under the community care program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8412ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8412ih.xml 2020-09-29 Referred to the House 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.