3.0.0 4412 2023-01-11T13:45:21Z 2023-01-11T13:45:21Z Senate S 2020-08-04 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-04T15:53:50Z Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020 116 7795 HR 2020-09-23 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS Veteran Benefits Enhancement and Expansion Act of 2020 116 7952 HR 2020-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2020-08-04 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-08-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2020-08-04 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Disability assistance Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-08-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-22T10:56:45Z Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to publish on its website the disability benefit questionnaire forms for non-VA medical providers submitting evidence regarding a disability of a claimant for purposes of VA benefits.

If the VA updates the questionnaire form, previous versions of the form filed by claimants must be accepted for up to one year after the form was updated.

The VA may waive interagency approval processes required to approve a modification to a form if such requirement applies by reason of the form being made public on the website as required by the bill.

The Inspector General of the VA must, through 2026, annually report on the use of such forms.

]]> Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020 Display Title Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of veterans to access and submit disability benefit questionnaire forms of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4412is/xml/BILLS-116s4412is.xml 2020-08-04 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.