S.Amdt. 4672

SA 4672. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF COMPLAINTS
ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

Section 7309A(c) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Beginning not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this paragraph, the Director shall establish
an information technology system that will allow a veteran
(or the designated representative of a veteran) to
electronically--
``(A) file a complaint that will be received by the
appropriate patient advocate; and
``(B) at any time view the status of the complaint,
including interim and final actions that have been taken to
address the complaint.''.
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