---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1706A"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1706A"
heading: "Remediation of medical service lines"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1706A"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 17 — Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care"
  - "Subchapter I — General"
---

# §1706A. Remediation of medical service lines

- (a) **In General.—** Not later than 30 days after determining under [section 1703(e)(1) of this title](/usc/38/1703.md?p=e-1) that a medical service line of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) is providing [hospital care](/usc/38/1701.md?p=5), [medical services](/usc/38/1701.md?p=6), or extended care services that does not comply with the standards for quality established by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1), the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall submit to Congress an assessment of the factors that led the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) to make such determination and a plan with specific actions, and the time to complete them, to be taken to comply with such standards for quality, including the following:
  - (1) Increasing personnel or temporary personnel assistance, including mobile deployment teams.
  - (2) Special hiring incentives, including the Education Debt Reduction Program under subchapter VII of [chapter 76](/usc/38/chptV/ch76.md) of this title and recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives.
  - (3) Utilizing direct hiring authority.
  - (4) Providing improved training opportunities for staff.
  - (5) Acquiring improved equipment.
  - (6) Making structural modifications to the facility used by the medical service line.
  - (7) Such other actions as the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) considers appropriate.
- (b) **Responsible Parties.—** In each assessment submitted under [subsection (a)](#a) with respect to a medical service line, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall identify the individuals at the Central Office of the [Veterans](/usc/38/1101.md?p=1) Health Administration, the facility used by the medical service line, and the central office of the relevant [Veterans](/usc/38/1101.md?p=1) Integrated Service Network who are responsible for overseeing the progress of that medical service line in complying with the standards for quality established by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1).
- (c) **Interim Reports.—** Not later than 180 days after submitting an assessment under [subsection (a)](#a) with respect to a medical service line, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall submit to Congress a report on the progress of that medical service line in complying with the standards for quality established by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) and any other measures the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) will take to assist the medical service line in complying with such standards for quality.
- (d) **Annual Reports.—** Not less frequently than once each year, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall—
  - (1) submit to Congress an analysis of the remediation actions and costs of such actions taken with respect to each medical service line with respect to which the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) submitted an assessment and plan under [subsection (a)](#a) in the preceding year, including an update on the progress of each such medical service line in complying with the standards for quality and timeliness established by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) and any other actions the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) is undertaking to assist the medical service line in complying with standards for quality as established by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1); and
  - (2) publish such analysis on the internet website of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–182, title I, § 109(a), June 6, 2018, 132 Stat. 1417; amended Pub. L. 115–251, title II, § 211(a)(6), Sept. 29, 2018, 132 Stat. 3175.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–251, § 211(a)(6)(A), inserted “of this title” after “section 1703(e)(1)” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 115–251, § 211(a)(6)(B), substituted “subsection (a)” for “paragraph (1)”.