Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act

Bill: 116-hr-2556
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2019-05-07
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Disability and paralysis

Disability assistance

Health personnel

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Veterans' medical care

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act</strong></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for medical disability evaluations by contract physicians who are not VA employees.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2556 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2019 Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To provide for an extension of the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act . 2. Extension of authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians Section 704(c) of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–183 ; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended by striking December 31, 2018 and inserting December 31, 2020 .