Veteran Medical Exams for Distant Areas Act
The Veteran Medical Exams for Distant Areas Act (HR 5470) amends the 2020 Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act to adjust two specific deadlines for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical disability examination procedures. It postpones one deadline from three years after the 2020 Act's enactment to September 1, 2028, and changes another deadline from the day before the 2020 Act's enactment to January 4, 2021. These are administrative timing adjustments affecting how VA schedules examinations for veterans, particularly those in remote areas as referenced in the bill's title. The bill does not alter the substance of medical exam requirements but modifies implementation timelines.
Bill status
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Introduction
Sep 2023
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Introduced Sep 14, 2023
Last action Sep 25, 2023
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Sep 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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Sep 14, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
Sep 14, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
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