Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-5518
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2014-09-17
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health personnel

Licensing and registrations

Medical education

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act - Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse any full-time board-certified health professional (under current law, physician or dentist) appointed to the VA for continuing professional education expenses incurred, up to $1,600 per year (under current law, $1,000).</p> <p>Directs that the expenses incurred be expenses required to maintain licensure.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5518 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2014 Mr. McNerney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the continuing professional education reimbursement provided to health professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act . 2. Improvement of continuing professional education reimbursement for health professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Section 7411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking shall and inserting may ; (2) by striking board-certified physician or dentist appointed under section 7401(1) of this title and inserting health professional appointed under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 7401 of this title ; (3) by striking $1,000 and inserting $1,600 ; (4) by inserting required to maintain licensure after professional education ; and (5) by adding at the end the following new sentence: No such health professional may receive reimbursement under this section and reimbursement for the same expenses incurred for continuing professional education provided by a Department medical center. . (b) Clerical amendments (1) Section heading The heading for such section is amended to read as follows: 7411. Full-time health professionals: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses . (2) Table of sections The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 7411 and inserting the following new item: 7411. Full-time health professionals: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses. .