legislation: 107-hr-5675

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107-hr-5675 107 hr 5675 21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-16 2002-11-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] CT D L000557 0 21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a maximum specialist referral period (the period between a veteran's referral to a specialty clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs by a Department primary care physician and the actual appointment with a specialist); and (2) provide appropriate transportation to such appointments for qualified veterans.Requires the Secretary, in any case in which such period is exceeded or in which transportation was not so provided, to promptly provide for such care or transportation from a private source and to reimburse such source at an appropriate rate. Requires expedited reimbursement procedures.Directs the Secretary to include within standards of performance used for measuring Department medical care administration a standard of assessing improvements in appointment waiting times. 2025-08-19T17:28:05Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5675

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