VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act

Bill: 117-hr-5575
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2021-10-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health personnel
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse and Physician Assistant Retention and Income Security Enhancement Act or the VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases the maximum rate of basic pay for advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and registered nurses of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5575 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 12, 2021 Ms. Underwood (for herself and Mr. Joyce of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of pay for certain nurses and other medical positions of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse and Physician Assistant Retention and Income Security Enhancement Act or the VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act . 2. Pay for nurses and certain other medical positions of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 7451 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking and physician assistant and inserting physician assistant, and podiatrist ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) The maximum rate of basic pay for any grade for a covered position may not exceed— (A) in the case of an advanced practice nurse, the maximum rate of basic pay established for positions in level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5; (B) in the case of a physician assistant, the maximum rate of basic pay established for positions in level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5; (C) in the case of a registered nurse, the maximum rate of basic pay established for positions in level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5; and (D) in the case of any other covered position, the maximum rate of basic pay established for positions in level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5. .