To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an integrated project team to improve the process for scheduling appointments for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the VA to produce and implement a plan to improve appointment scheduling, self-service access, phone scheduling support, and progress reporting for veteran health care.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans and VA scheduling staff could gain more effective appointment tools, clearer access to available appointments, and improved scheduling workflows.
Who Bears the Burden and How
VA would have to design, implement, and report on a broad scheduling modernization effort coordinated with the electronic health record modernization program.
Key Provisions
- Requires a VA scheduling improvement plan within one year.
- Requires objectives including viewable appointment availability, self-service scheduling, referral handling, cancellation and rescheduling, and phone-based support.
- Requires full implementation within two years of submitting the plan and recurring progress reports to Congress.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the VA to produce and implement a plan to improve appointment scheduling, self-service access, phone scheduling support, and progress reporting for veteran health care.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans Affairs, Healthcare, Technology
Primary Purpose
Requires the VA to produce and implement a plan to improve appointment scheduling, self-service access, phone scheduling support, and progress reporting for veteran health care.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Veterans and VA scheduling staff benefiting from modernized appointment scheduling tools and processes
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- VA officials responsible for planning, deploying, and reporting on the scheduling overhaul
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Mackenzie (for himself, Mr. Pappas, and Mrs. Kiggans of …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Veterans who could gain easier and more reliable scheduling access for VA health care
VA officials and scheduling staff responsible for deploying and managing the scheduling modernization effort
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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