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This Act may be cited as the . VA Construction and Lease Authorization, Health, and Benefits Enhancement Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. Title I—Health care matters Subtitle A—Non-Department care Sec. 101. Veterans Care Agreements. Sec. 102. Payment of health care providers. Subtitle B—Patient advocacy Sec. 111. Community meetings on improving care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 112. Improvement of awareness of Patient Advocacy Program and patient bill of rights of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 113. Comptroller General report on Patient Advocacy Program of Department of Veterans Affairs. Subtitle C—Complementary and integrative health Sec. 121. Pilot program on integration of complementary alternative medicines and related issues for veterans and family members of veterans. Subtitle D—Fitness of health care providers Sec. 131. Additional requirements for hiring of health care providers by Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 132. Provision of information on health care providers of Department of Veterans Affairs to State Medical Boards. Sec. 133. Report on compliance by Department of Veterans Affairs with reviews of health care providers leaving the Department or transferring to other facilities. Subtitle E—Other matters Sec. 141. Audit of Veterans Health Administration programs of Department of Veterans Affairs. Title II—Construction and facilities matters Sec. 201. Authorization of certain major medical facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 202. Submission of information. Sec. 203. Authorization of major medical facility leases. Sec. 204. Authorization of sale of Pershing Hall. Sec. 205. Authority to enter into certain leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus. Title III—Matters relating to toxic exposure Sec. 301. Definitions. Sec. 302. National center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces that are related to such service.
Sec. 303. Advisory Board. Sec. 304. Declassification review by Department of Defense of certain incidents of exposure of members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances. Sec. 305. National outreach campaign on potential long-term health effects of exposure to toxic substances by members of the Armed Forces and their descendants. Title IV—Other matters Sec. 401. Special compensation for loss or loss of use of creative organs. Sec. 402. Information technology system to assess and improve the family caregiver program; authority to expand program.
Sec. 403. Extension of cost-of-living adjustments for disability compensation.