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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1703G"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1703G - Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care

## Text

The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a quarterly report containing, with respect to referrals for non-Department health care originating from a medical facility of the Department during the quarter preceding the date of the submission of the report, a measurement of, for each such medical facility—

(1) the period of time between—

(A) the date on which a clinician employed by the Department determines that a veteran requires care, or a veteran presents to the Department requesting care, and the date on which the referral for care is sent to a non-Department health care provider;

(B) the date on which such referral is sent to a non-Department health care provider and the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral;

(C) the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral and the date on which such referral is completed;

(D) the date on which such referral is completed and the date on which an appointment with a non-Department health care provider is made; and

(E) the date on which such an appointment is made and the date on which such appointment occurs; and

(2) any other period of time that the Secretary determines necessary.

(Added Pub. L. 118–210, title I, § 140(a), Jan. 2, 2025, 138 Stat. 2743.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DatePub. L. 118–210, title I, § 140(b), Jan. 2, 2025, 138 Stat. 2744, provided that: “The first report under section 1703G [38 U.S.C. 1703G], as added by this section, shall be due not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section [Jan. 2, 2025].”