To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to expand the veterans healing veterans medical access and scholarship program to include more students and schools.

Bill: 116-hr-2308
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-04-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area

Health personnel

Medical education

Puerto Rico

Student aid and college costs

Texas

U.S. territories and protectorates

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill expands the Department of Veterans Affairs medical education pilot program, which currently provides funding for the medical education of two eligible veterans at each of the nine covered medical schools. The bill adds five schools to the list of covered medical schools, increasing the number of veterans covered from 18 to 28.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2308 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 12, 2019 Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to expand the veterans healing veterans medical access and scholarship program to include more students and schools.

1. Veterans Healing Veterans Medical Access and Scholarship Program Section 304 of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–182 ; 38 U.S.C. 7601 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 18 eligible veterans and inserting 28 eligible veterans ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking Covered medical schools and inserting Definitions ; (B) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as clauses (i) through (v), respectively (and by moving such clauses two ems to the right); (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively (and by moving such subparagraphs two ems to the right); (D) by striking section, the term and inserting the following: section: (1) Covered medical school The term ; and (E) by adding at the end the following: (F) University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. (G) Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine. (H) San Juan Bautista School of Medicine. (I) Ponce Health Sciences University. (J) University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. (2) State The term State has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. .