Sec. 306. MODERNIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISABILITY BENEFIT QUESTIONNAIRES
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## SEC. 306 MODERNIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISABILITY BENEFIT QUESTIONNAIRES **[**[38 U.S.C. 5101 note](/us/usc/t38/s5101)**]** ###
(a)Requirement for Transmission of Certain Information in Machine-readable Format ####
(1)Requirement Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require all disability benefit questionnaire data collected in the course of medical disability examinations made by covered non-Department providers to be transmitted to the Department in a machine-readable format. ####
(2)Issuance of standards Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue standards for the transmission of disability benefit questionnaire data in a machine-readable format as required under paragraph (1). ####
(3)Updates In making updates to disability benefit questionnaires after the date specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— #####
(A)ensure that the updates are made in a manner that allows for the data collected under the questionnaires to be in a machine-readable format as of the date on which the update goes into effect; and #####
(B)not later than 30 days before an update goes into effect, notify the covered non-Department providers (or the contractor performing a contract under section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note)) described in such paragraph of such updates. ###
(b)Plan for Information Technology System Modification Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a plan to modify the information technology systems and processes of the Department to enable a non-Department health care professional, assigned to or selected by a claimant, to transmit to the Department, in a machine-readable format, disability benefit questionnaire data, including complete disability benefit questionnaires rather than partial questionnaires or elements of medical evidence. ###
(c)Public Availability of Information The Secretary shall make publicly available on the internet website of the Department referred to in section 5101(d) of title 38, United States Code— ####
(1)a description of the standards issued under subsection (a)(2); and ####
(2)the plan required under subsection (b). ###
(d)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)The term “claimant” has the meaning given such term in section 5100 of title 38, United States Code. ####
(2)The term “covered non-Department provider” means a health care provider who— #####
(A)is not an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and #####
(B)pursuant to a contract under section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note), as amended by sections 304 and 305, examines a claimant for a medical disability.
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MODERNIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISABILITY BENEFIT QUESTIONNAIRES
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104-275
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