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1 H.R. 4771, VA Tele-Hearing Modernization Act, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on October 29, 2019 1 (November 7, 2019)

handle is hein.congrec/cbovatle0001 and id is 1 raw text is: j Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate November 7, 2019 By Fiscal Year, M.lillions of Dollars 2020 2020=2024 2020-2029 Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues Increase or Decrease (=) in the Deficit 0 0 0 0 0 0 Under current law, veterans who apply for benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may appeal a decision on that application to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA), a VA organization that reviews claims decisions. Veterans who appeal may request a hearing at BVA and may attend the hearing in person at the BVA headquarters in Washington, D.C., or by video teleconference from a VA regional office. H.R. 4771 would allow veterans who request an appeal hearing with BVA to attend from any location using video and audio technology on a secure Internet platform that would be developed by VA. The bill also would require VA to provide a report to the Congress on its implementation of the requirement to facilitate such tele-hearings. The department believes it can enable tele-hearings at locations other than VA regional offices under current law, and it has begun doing so on a trial basis. The department expects to permit all veterans who request a BVA hearing to appear remotely by the beginning of calendar year 2020. As a result, CBO does not expect that implementing H.R. 4771 would increase the cost to develop the tele-hearing platform. The bill's additional reporting requirements would cost less than $500,000 over the 2020-2024 period, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Logan Smith. The estimate was reviewed by Leo Lex, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www,cbo.gov/pubication/54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www cbo~gov/publication/42904.

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