REPORT BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION ON TREATING AND RESEARCHING BREAST CANCER.
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Title
38 — Veterans’ Benefits
Chapter
PTV/CH73
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
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“(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [June 7, 2022], the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to Congress a report on all current research and health care collaborations between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense on treating veterans and members of the Armed Forces with breast cancer.
“(b) Elements.—The report required by subsection (a)—“(1) shall include a description of potential opportunities for future interagency collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense with respect to treating and researching breast cancer; and
“(2) may include a focus on—“(A) with respect to women members of the Armed Forces with a diagnosis of or who are undergoing screening for breast cancer, transition of such members from receiving care from the Department of Defense to receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs;
“(B) collaborative breast cancer research opportunities between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense;
“(C) access to clinical trials; and
“(D) such other matters as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense consider appropriate.”
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