Sec. 401. Improvement of access of veterans to mobile vet centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall improve the access of veterans to telemedicine and other health care through the use of mobile vet centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs by providing standardized requirements for the operation of such centers. The standardized requirements required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: The number of days each mobile vet center of the Department is expected to travel per year. The number of locations each center is expected to visit per year. The number of appointments each center is expected to conduct per year. The method and timing of notifications given by each center to individuals in the area to which such center is traveling, including notifications informing veterans of the availability to schedule appointments at the center. The Secretary shall ensure that each mobile vet center of the Department has the capability to provide telemedicine services. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than September 30 each year thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the following: The use of mobile vet centers to provide telemedicine services to veterans during the year preceding the submittal of the report, including the following: The number of days each mobile vet center was open to provide such services. The number of days each mobile vet center traveled to a location other than the headquarters of the mobile vet center to provide such services. The number of appointments each center conducted to provide such services on average per month and in total during such year. An analysis of the effectiveness of using mobile vet centers to provide health care services to veterans through the use of telemedicine. Any recommendations for an increase in the number of mobile vet centers of the Department. Any recommendations for an increase in the telemedicine capabilities of each mobile vet center. The feasibility and advisability of using temporary health care providers, including locum tenens, to provide direct health care services to veterans at mobile vet centers. Such other recommendations on improvement of the use of mobile vet centers by the Department as the Secretary considers appropriate.