Sec. 267. Report on use of third-party contractors to conduct medical disability examinations
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the use of third-party contractors to conduct medical disability examinations of veterans for purposes of obtaining compensation under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The report submitted pursuant to subsection
(a)shall include the following: The number of contractors described in subsection
(a)in each State who are used as described in such subsection. The requirements for performance and quality in the contracts governing the use described in subsection (a), including qualifications contractors described in such subsection are required meet for such uses. The average milage veterans described in subsection
(a)are required to travel to attend a contract medical disability examination described in such subsection, disaggregated by state; The number of veterans described in paragraph
(3)who are required to travel beyond the mileage requirement in a contract described in paragraph (2). A description of the process at the Department for handling complaints of veterans about the use of contractors as described in subsection (a). In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.