SEC. 2. REVIVAL AND EXPANSION OF INTERMEDIATE CARE 
TECHNICIAN PILOT PROGRAM OF DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REVIVAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall revive the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Pro-
gram of the Department of Veterans Affairs that was car-
ried out by the Secretary between January 2013 and Feb-
ruary 2014. 
(b) TECHNICIANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall expand 
the pilot program under subsection (a) to include 
not less than 250 intermediate care technicians who 
are participating in the pilot program. 
(2) FACILITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any intermediate care 
technician hired pursuant to paragraph (1) may 
be assigned to a medical facility of the Depart-
ment as determined by the Secretary for pur-
poses of this section. 
(B) PRIORITY.—In assigning intermediate 
care technicians under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall give priority to facilities at 
which veterans have the longest wait times for 
appointments for the receipt of hospital care or 
medical services from the Department, as deter-
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mined by the Secretary for purposes of this sec-
tion. 
(c) TERMINATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program under subsection (a) during the three- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(d) HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the terms ‘‘hospital care’’ and 
‘‘medical services’’ have the meanings given such terms 
in section 1701 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 
3. 
TRANSFER 
OF 
HEALTH 
CARE 
PROVIDER 
CREDENTIALING DATA FROM SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE TO SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs hires a covered health care provider, 
the Secretary of Defense shall, after receiving a request 
from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the 
credentialing data of the Secretary of Defense relating to 
such health care provider, transfer to the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs such credentialing data. 
(b) COVERED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.—For pur-
poses of this section, a covered provider is a health care 
provider who— 
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(1) is or was employed by the Secretary of De-
fense; 
(2) provides or provided health care related 
services as part of such employment; and 
(3) was credentialed by the Secretary of De-
fense. 
(c) POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense shall estab-
lish such policies and promulgate such regulations as may 
be necessary to carry out this section. 
(d) CREDENTIALING DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘credentialing’’ means the systematic process of 
screening and evaluating qualifications and other creden-
tials, including licensure, required education, relevant 
training and experience, and current competence and 
health status. 
SEC. 4. FULL PRACTICE AUTHORITY OF ADVANCED PRAC-
TICE REGISTERED NURSES OF DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
law of a State, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may au-
thorize a covered nurse to practice to the full scope of the 
nurse’s practice, as defined by the applicable national pro-
fessional association, under a set of privileges approved 
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by the Secretary, regardless of the State in which the cov-
ered nurse is employed by the Secretary. 
(b) COVERED NURSES.—For purposes of this section, 
a covered nurse is an advanced practice registered nurse 
who is employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 
any of the following specializations: 
(1) Nurse midwife. 
(2) Clinical nurse specialist. 
(3) Nurse practitioner. 
(4) Certified registered nurse anesthetist. 
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