,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1 #bjbj
 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to establish goals for the     
timely delivery of medical care and     
appointments1 to make publicly available
 certain information regarding wait     
times under the community care program  
of the ,department of ,veterans         
,affairs1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,va ,community ,care ,wait ,time   
,transparency ,act of #bjbj4  #b4       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs goal  
for timely delivery of appointments ,the
 ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall 
establish a goal for the maximum number 
of calendar days between the date on    
which a veteran requests an appointment 
for medical care and the date on which  

such appointment occurs4 ,such goal     
shall be the equivalent of the wait time
 access standard in effect under section
 #agjc;,b of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code1 and shall apply--  7#a7 to       
medical care furnished by ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs providers and       
medical care furnished by the           
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
through a non-,department provider2 and 
7#b7 with respect to veterans who are   
considered new patients and veterans who
 are considered returning patients4  #c4
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs      
transparency regarding wait times under 
community care program  7a7 ,publication
 of data ,not later than #ij days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs    
shall make publicly available on an     
appropriate website of the ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs the following     
information3 7#a7 ,the average wait     
times for new and returning patients    
seeking care under the community care   

program of the ,department1 determined  
using the same metrics used to determine
 the published average wait times for   
care furnished directly by ,department  
medical facilities4  7#b7 ,the          
percentage of appointments for care     
under the community care program that   
occur within the number of days         
specified for the wait time access      
standard applicable to ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs providers1 as in     
effect under section #agjc;,b of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7        
,presentation of data ,data made        
available under subsection 7a7 shall--  
7#a7 be presented in a searchable       
format1 by zip code and by medical      
specialty2 and  7#b7 be presented       
alongside comparable data for all       
,department medical centers and all     
medical specialties4