,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aigb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aj1          
#bjbe,mrs4 ,miller-,meeks introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to establish the period  
during which the referral of a veteran1 
made by a health care provider of the   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 to a 
non-,department provider1 for care or   
services under the ,community ,care     
,program of such ,department1 remains   
valid4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,standardizing          
,treatment and ,referral ,times ,act of 
#bjbe or the ,,start ,act of #bjbe4  #b4
 ,establishment of period during which a
 referral under the ,community ,care    
,program of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs remains valid ,section        
#agjc7;a77#b7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 

7,e7 ,ensuring that the period during   
which the referral of a covered veteran1
 made by a health care provider of the  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 to a 
non-,department provider1 for care or   
services under this section1 is valid1  
begins on the day that the covered      
veteran has the first appointment with  
such non-,department provider4  4