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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1703G"
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description: "Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 38
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title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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chapter_number: "17"
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chapter_name: "HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE"
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section: "1703G"
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citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1703G"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc38@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1703G"
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---
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1703G - Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care
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## Text
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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—
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(1) the period of time between—
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(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;
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(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;
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(C) the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral and the date on which such referral is completed;
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(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
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(E) the date on which such an appointment is made and the date on which such appointment occurs; and
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(2) any other period of time that the Secretary determines necessary.
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(Added Pub. L. 118–210, title I, § 140(a), Jan. 2, 2025, 138 Stat. 2743.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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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].”
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