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This bill, the Veterans Patient Advocacy Act, aims to improve the assignment of patient advocates at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The key provisions are: 1. The bill requires the VA to ensure that there is at least one patient advocate for every 13,500 veterans enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system, and that highly rural veterans can access the services of patient advocates, including by assigning them to rural community-based outpatient clinics. 2. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit a report to Congress within two years of the bill's enactment, evaluating the VA's implementation of the patient advocate requirements.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/449/all-info