Sec. 3103. Administration of non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a review of the staffing, training, and other requirements necessary to administer section 1703 of title 38, United States Code. The review conducted under subparagraph
(A)shall include, with respect to each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs— an assessment of the type of positions required to be staffed at the medical facility; the number of such positions authorized; the number of such positions funded; the number of such positions filled; and the number of additional such positions required to be authorized. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives— the results of the review conducted under paragraph (1); and a certification that the Secretary has established all staffing, training, and other requirements required to be reviewed under such paragraph. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall measure, with respect to referrals for non-Department health care originating from medical facilities of the Department, for each such facility— the period of time between— the date that a clinician of the Department determines that a veteran requires care, or a veteran presents to the Department requesting care, and the date that the referral for care is sent to a non-Department health care provider; the date that the referral for care is sent to a non-Department health care provider and the date that a non-Department health care provider accepts the referral; the date that a non-Department health care provider accepts the referral and the date that the referral to a non-Department health care provider is completed; the date that the referral to a non-Department health care provider is completed and the date that an appointment with a non-Department health care provider is made; and the date that an appointment with a non-Department health care provider is made and the date that an appointment with a non-Department health care provider occurs; and any other period of time that the Secretary determines necessary to measure. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives the data measured under paragraph (1), disaggregated by medical facility. Not less frequently than biweekly, the Secretary shall update the data submitted under subparagraph (A). Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review compliance by the Secretary with the requirements of this section, including a review of the validity and reliability of data submitted by the Secretary under subsection (b)(2). Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives the results of the review conducted under paragraph (1).