VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013

VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013 [sic] - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: (1) to establish standards with respect to the timeliness of reporting and providing to patients the results of mammograms performed at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility; and (2) in establishing such standards, to take into consideration the best practices of the private sector.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4053 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4053

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish standards for the provision of mammograms 
    at health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2014

 Mrs. Negrete McLeod introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish standards for the provision of mammograms 
    at health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR PROVISION OF MAMMOGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following section:
``Sec. 1720H. Standards for providing results of mammograms at 
              Department facilities
    ``The Secretary shall establish standards with respect to the 
timeliness of providing to patients the results of mammograms performed 
at a facility of a Department and reporting such results. In 
establishing such standards, the Secretary shall take into 
consideration the best practices of the private sector.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 
1720G the following new item:

``1720H. Standards for providing results of mammograms at Department 
                            facilities.''.
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