Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
533 words·~2 min read·
/bill/113/hr/4841/ih/section-1A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
This Act may be cited as the . Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Improvement of Scheduling System for Health Care Appointments Sec. 101. Independent assessment of the scheduling of appointments and other health care management processes of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 102. Technology task force on review of scheduling system and software of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
TITLE II—Training and Hiring of Health Care Staff Sec. 201. Treatment of staffing shortage and biannual report on staffing of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 202. Clinic management training for managers and health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 203. Use of unobligated amounts to hire additional health care providers for the Veterans Health Administration. TITLE III—Improvement of Access to Care from Non-Department of Veterans Affairs Providers Sec. 301.
Expanded availability of hospital care and medical services for veterans through the use of contracts. Sec. 302. Transfer of authority for payments for hospital care, medical services, and other health care from non-Department providers to the Chief Business Office of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department. Sec. 303. Enhancement of collaboration between Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service. Sec. 304. Enhancement of collaboration between Department of Veterans Affairs and Native Hawaiian health care systems.
Sec. 305. Sense of Congress on prompt payment by Department of Veterans Affairs. TITLE IV—Health Care Administrative Matters Sec. 401. Improvement of access of veterans to mobile vet centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 402. Commission on construction projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 403. Commission on Access to Care. Sec. 404. Improved performance metrics for health care provided by Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 405. Improved transparency concerning health care provided by Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 406. Information for veterans on the credentials of Department of Veterans Affairs physicians. Sec. 407. Information in annual budget of the President on hospital care and medical services furnished through expanded use of contracts for such care. Sec. 408. Prohibition on falsification of data concerning wait times and quality measures at Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 409. Removal of Senior Executive Service employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance.
TITLE V—Health Care Related to Sexual Trauma Sec. 501. Expansion of eligibility for sexual trauma counseling and treatment to veterans on inactive duty training. Sec. 502. Provision of counseling and treatment for sexual trauma by the Department of Veterans Affairs to members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 503. Reports on military sexual trauma. TITLE VI—Major Medical Facility Leases Sec. 601. Authorization of major medical facility leases. Sec. 602. Budgetary treatment of Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facilities leases.
TITLE VII—Veterans Benefits Matters Sec. 701. Expansion of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship. Sec. 702. Approval of courses of education provided by public institutions of higher learning for purposes of All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and Post-9/11 Educational Assistance conditional on in-State tuition rate for veterans. TITLE VIII—Appropriation and Emergency Designations Sec. 801. Appropriation of emergency amounts. Sec. 802. Emergency designations.