A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2787
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-09-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health personnel

Veterans' medical care

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill generally aligns the position of podiatrists with that of physicians for pay and grade purposes within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Additionally, the bill replaces the Director of Podiatric Service position with a Podiatric Medical Director to be responsible for the operation of the podiatric service at the VHA. Such director must be a qualified doctor of podiatric medicine.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2787 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 21, 2021 Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Role of doctors of podiatric medicine in Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Clarification of role Section 7306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (6), by striking a Director of Podiatric Service, ; (B) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph: (11) A Podiatric Medical Director, who shall be a qualified doctor of podiatric medicine and who shall be responsible to the Under Secretary for Health for the operation of the Podiatric Service. ; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting podiatric medicine, after doctors of medicine, ; and (3) in subsection (c), by striking and (8) and inserting (8), and (11) . (b) Clarification of pay grade Section 7404 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting , podiatrists, after physicians ; and (2) in subsection (b), in the first heading of the list following the colon, by striking PODIATRIST and inserting PODIATRIST (DPM) .