US HB3643

Requires the VA Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress for 5 years on Veterans Health Administration operations, including total veterans served, health status data, demographic information, and care provided to specific populations (Post-9/11 veterans, homeless veterans, those with mental health conditions, spinal cord injuries, and service-connected disabilities)

Mandates detailed reporting on VHA healthcare delivery metrics including facility visits, prescription drug dispensing, inpatient care length of stay and costs, diagnostic services, quality assessments, copayment collections, and physician staffing/salary data

Requires the Veterans Benefits Administration's Annual Benefits Report to include expanded data on disability compensation recipients, claims processing times, pension recipients, dependency and indemnity compensation, and staffing levels for claims processors

Establishes two data sharing systems allowing qualified researchers access to aggregated, anonymized VA data—one for health care information modeled after the Medicare Data Sharing for Performance Measurement Program, and one for benefits data with individual-level anonymized records

Requires data sharing systems to include demographic information, diagnostic codes, claims data, insurance information, and service-connected disability details while protecting personally identifiable information through unique identifier systems