US Congress Senate Bill 706 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 This bill requires (current law authorizes) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept, for purposes of establishing a claim for veterans disability benefits, a report of a medical examination administered by a private physician without requiring confirmation by a Veterans Health Administration physician if the report is sufficiently complete (defined as competent, credible, probative, and containing such information as required to make a decision on the claim for which the report is provided). The VA is required to submit: (1) a report on the progress of the VA's Acceptable Clinical Evidence initiative in reducing the necessity for in-person disability examinations, and (2) an annual report for each VA regional office regarding claims for which private medical evidence was determined to be unacceptable.

Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017

Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB1725 (Related) 2018-03-09 - Became Public Law No: 115-130. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/706/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s706/BILLS-115s706is.pdf