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[H.R. 5754 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5754

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two


                                 An Act


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of 
   veterans to electronically submit complaints about the delivery of 
       health care services by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Advocate Tracker Act''.
SEC. 2. SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 
DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
    Section 7309A(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) Beginning not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph, the Director shall establish an 
information technology system that will allow a veteran (or the 
designated representative of a veteran) to electronically--
        ``(A) file a complaint that will be received by the appropriate 
    patient advocate; and
        ``(B) at any time view the status of the complaint, including 
    interim and final actions that have been taken to address the 
    complaint.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.