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HR 2214 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Health personnel Licensing and registrations Medical tests and diagnostic methods Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation

Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act

Introduced: May 1, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2015
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Jul 9, 2015
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 24, 2015
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 26, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
May 1, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 1, 2015
Introduced in House
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Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act

Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend until December 31, 2017, the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for persons other than VA employees (i.e., contract physicians) to conduct medical disability examinations of applicants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Permits licensed, VA-contracted physicians to conduct such examinations at any location in any state, the District of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, so long as the examination is authorized under the contract and the physician is not barred from conducting such an examination in the location in which it occurs.

Amends the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1996 to provide similar authorities with respect to permissible examination locations to licensed physicians under the pilot program authorizing the VA to use contract physicians to perform medical disability examinations of applicants for benefits under laws carried out through the Under Secretary for Benefits. Expands from 10 to 15 the maximum number of VA regional offices through which the Secretary is authorized to carry out such pilot program.

Directs the Secretary to conduct an annual data analysis (including an analysis of backlogged claims, pending workloads, and the timeliness of completed cases) to determine the regional offices requiring support.

What's happening now July 9, 2015

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2214: Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2214/
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"H.R. 2214: Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2214/.
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H.R. 2214, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2214/.
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