Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013”.
VA Timely Mammogram Results Act of 2013
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.
Sec. 2 Standards for provision of mammograms
In general— Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following section:
“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.”
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: