Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act

Bill: 115-hr-1508
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Employee hiring

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health personnel

Medical education

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to offer a contingent physician's appointment to a person who, upon completion of a post-graduate training program, completes a residency program within two years after the VA offer.</p> <p>Eligibility requirements for a VA physician's appointment, including a contingency appointment, are revised to require completion of a residency program rather than an internship.</p> <p> The VA shall ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network visits, at least annually, each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the Network to recruit individuals for the Veterans Health Administration.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1508 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2017 Mr. O'Rourke (for himself, Mr. Conyers , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Ms. Stefanik , Ms. Titus , and Mr. Young of Alaska ) 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 recruitment of physicians in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act . 2. Recruitment of physicians in Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Section 7402(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting or to be offered a contingent appointment to such position, after position, ; and (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph (B): (B) (i) have completed a residency program satisfactory to the Secretary; or (ii) with respect to an offer for a contingent appointment upon the completion of a post-graduate training program, complete such a residency program by not later than two years after the date of such offer; and . (b) Oversight of graduate medical education programs The Secretary shall— (1) ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network visits, not less than annually, each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the Network to recruit individuals to be appointed to positions in the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) submit to Congress an annual report on the implementation of paragraph (1), including the success of such recruiting efforts.