,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjai,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself and ,ms4  
,sinema7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,to ensure that only licensed   
health care providers furnish disability
 examinations under a certain           
,department of ,veterans ,affairs pilot 
program for use of contract physicians  
for disability examinations1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,better        
,examiner ,standards and ,transparency  
for ,veterans ,act of #bjai or the      
,,best for ,vets ,act of #bjai4  #b4    
,ensuring only licensed health care     
providers furnish medical disability    
examinations under certain ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs pilot program for 
use contract physicians for disability  
examinations  7a7 ,prohibition on use of
 certain health care providers ,section 

#ejd7;a7 of the ,veterans' ,benefits    
,improvements ,act of #aiif 7,public    
,law #ajd-bge2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #eaja note7
 is amended--  7#a7 by striking ,the    
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs and    
inserting the following3  7#a7 ,in      
general ,the ,secretary of ,veterans    
,affairs  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#b7  
,prohibition ,no examination described  
in paragraph 7#a7 may be carried out    
under this section by any health care   
provider other than one described in    
subsection 7c77#b74  4  7b7 ,remedies   
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall take such actions as the          
,secretary considers appropriate to     
ensure that only health care providers  
described in subsection 7c77#b7 of      
section #ejd of the ,veterans' ,benefits
 ,improvements ,act of #aiif 7,public   
,law #ajd-bge2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #eaja note7
 are conducting examinations pursuant to
 contracts entered into under such      
section4  7c7 ,annual report ,not later 

than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act and not less     
frequently than once each year          
thereafter1 the ,secretary shall submit 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
 of the ,senate and the ,committee on   
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives a report on--  7#a7 the
 conduct of the pilot program           
established under section #ejd of the   
,veterans' ,benefits ,improvements ,act 
of #aiif 7,public ,law #ajd-bge2 #ch    
,u4,s4,c4 #eaja note72 and  7#b7 the    
actions of the ,secretary under         
subsection 7b74  7d7 ,technical         
corrections ,section #ejd of the        
,veterans' ,benefits ,improvements ,act 
of #aiif 7,public ,law #ajd-bge2 #ch    
,u4,s4,c4 #eaja note7 is amended--  7#a7
 in the section heading1 by striking    
physicians and inserting health care    
providers2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7c7--
  7,a7 in the subsection heading1 by    
striking physicians and inserting health
 care providers2  7,b7 in paragraph     

7#b71 in the paragraph heading1 by      
striking ,physician and inserting       
,health care provider2  7,c7 in         
paragraph 7#a71 by striking physicians  
and inserting health care providers2 and
  7,d7 by striking physician each place 
it appears and inserting health care    
provider4