{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1703G.","heading":"Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care","text":"\u00a7\u202f1703G.\nQuarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care\nThe Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans\u2019 Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a quarterly report containing, with respect to referrals for non-Department health care originating from a medical facility of the Department during the quarter preceding the date of the submission of the report, a measurement of, for each such medical facility\u2014\n(1) the period of time between\u2014\n(A) the date on which a clinician employed by the Department determines that a veteran requires care, or a veteran presents to the Department requesting care, and the date on which the referral for care is sent to a non-Department health care provider;\n(B) the date on which such referral is sent to a non-Department health care provider and the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral;\n(C) the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral and the date on which such referral is completed;\n(D) the date on which such referral is completed and the date on which an appointment with a non-Department health care provider is made; and\n(E) the date on which such an appointment is made and the date on which such appointment occurs; and\n(2) any other period of time that the Secretary determines necessary.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s1703G.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1703G."},{"t":"heading","text":"Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans\u2019 Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a quarterly report containing, with respect to referrals for non-Department health care originating from a medical facility of the Department during the quarter preceding the date of the submission of the report, a measurement of, for each such medical facility\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the period of time between\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the date on which a clinician employed by the Department determines that a veteran requires care, or a veteran presents to the Department requesting care, and the date on which the referral for care is sent to a non-Department health care provider;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the date on which such referral is sent to a non-Department health care provider and the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral and the date on which such referral is completed;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G/1/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" the date on which such referral is completed and the date on which an appointment with a non-Department health care provider is made; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G/1/E","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(E)"},{"t":"content","text":" the date on which such an appointment is made and the date on which such appointment occurs; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1703G/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" any other period of time that the Secretary determines necessary.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}