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Plan on increasing accessibility of care for veterans with spinal cord injury or disorder

Title VI: Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers · Subtitle F: Other Health Care Matters

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The Department of Veterans Affairs must create and submit a plan within one year to improve access to care for veterans with spinal cord injuries or disorders. This plan will identify barriers to care at VA facilities and through community providers, outline steps to address these barriers with cost and timeline estimates, and include input from veterans service organizations. The plan may also suggest any needed changes to laws.

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(a) In general

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a plan on improving disability-related access to care from facilities of the Department and from non-Department facilities and providers through which the Secretary furnishes care and services under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, for veterans with spinal cord injury or disorder.

(b) Consultation

In developing the plan required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with relevant stakeholders, including veterans service organizations who serve veterans with spinal cord injury or disorder.

(c) Elements

The plan required under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of disability-related barriers to care at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and through community care networks of non-Department providers for veterans with spinal cord injury or disorder and a description of the actions needed to overcome such barriers, including cost estimates, timelines for corrective action, and requests for legislative action, if any.

(d) Veterans service organization defined

In this section, the term veterans service organization means any organization recognized by the Secretary under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.