VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6794 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6794 To require directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit annual fact sheets to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the status of such facilities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2025 Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit annual fact sheets to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the status of such facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR TIMELY SCHEDULING OF APPOINTMENTS AT MEDICAL FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) Requirement.--Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating section 1706A as section 1706B; and (2) by inserting after section 1706 the following new section: ``Sec. 1706A. Management of health care: timely scheduling of appointments at Department facilities ``(a) Requirement for Scheduling.--In managing the provision of hospital care and medical services at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs under this chapter, the Secretary shall ensure that whenever a covered veteran contacts the Department by telephone to request the scheduling of an appointment for care or services for the covered veteran at such a facility, the scheduling for the appointment occurs during that telephone call (regardl