Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act

Summary

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to place a Regional Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Care Coordinator in each Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) within one year, to coordinate care between VA and community providers for veterans diagnosed with breast or gynecologic cancer or precancerous conditions, track outcomes, and provide veterans with key care information. Directs the VA to group facilities into regions for coordination, to record contacts and outcomes in VA health records, and to deliver a comparison report on VA vs. community cancer care outcomes to Congressional veterans committees within three years. Also delays a statutory date in an existing VA pension-payment provision by moving the cutoff from November 30, 2031 to September 30, 2032. The bill creates new coordination and reporting duties for VA, affects veterans receiving community care for breast and gynecologic cancers, and imposes new administrative tasks on VA staff and community provider interfaces, but does not appropriate new funds in the text provided.

• Creates a Regional Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Care Coordinator position for each VISN to manage care coordination for eligible veterans.
• Requires coordinators to link VA and community providers, maintain regular veteran contact, document interactions in VA records, and monitor clinical outcomes.
• Directs the VA to set up regions for coordination under the BGOSoE and assign all VA facilities to those regions, taking rural veteran needs into account.
• Mandates a comparative report to Congress within three years that evaluates outcomes, timeliness, and patient safety for VA vs. community cancer care.
• Defines eligible conditions and community provider roles for program scope (breast and specified gynecologic cancers and precancerous conditions).
• Extends an existing statutory date in VA pension-payment law from Nov 30, 2031 to Sep 30, 2032, delaying a cutoff or limit by ten months.
• Does not include explicit new appropriations in the provided text, but imposes new administrative responsibilities and data-tracking requirements on VA.
• Includes requirements to notify VA within 72 hours after non-VA emergency care to support payment authorization and continuity of care.
• Requires documentation of provider contact information and treatment/diagnosis data in VA electronic health records to enable monitoring.
• Focuses on women veterans with breast or gynecologic cancers who use the Veterans Community Care Program for non-VA treatment.