Sec. 151. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CERTAIN ORAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

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## SEC. 151 COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CERTAIN ORAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ###

(a)In General Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the status of the oral health care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, that includes an assessment of— ####

(1)any issues with information technology programs, including Dental Record Manager Plus, that affect dental care staff of the Department; ####

(2)the implementation of the dental insurance plan of the Department under section 1712C of title 38, United States Code; ####

(3)the implementation and expansion of the VETSmile program of the Department; ####

(4)barriers preventing the Department from expanding dental care eligibility to all veterans with ischemic heart disease, including such barriers relating to physical infrastructure, workforce, and cost of such dental care; ####

(5)barriers preventing dental clinics of the Department, if any, from adopting teledentistry; ####

(6)the demographic makeup of veterans eligible for dental care paid for by the Department as of the commencement of the pilot program under section 144 of this Act, including information on— #####

(A)age; #####

(B)gender; #####

(C)race or ethnicity, disaggregated by— ######

(i)membership in an Indian Tribe; and ######

(ii)the major race groups used in the decennial census; #####

(D)employment status; and #####

(E)location of residence, disaggregated by rural, highly rural, and urban locations; and ####

(7)changes to such demographic makeup if any, that would result from an expansion of eligibility for dental care under the laws administered by the Secretary to all veterans with ischemic heart disease including changes to demographics specified in paragraph (6). ###

(b)Third Party Administrator Defined In this section, the term “Third Party Administrator” means an entity that manages a provider network and performs administrative services related to such network under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code.