S 2279
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Nursing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2016
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-707.
Nov 10, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 10, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a Docs-to-Doctors Program to recruit individuals separating from the Armed Forces who served in a health care capacity in the Armed Forces.
The VA shall: (1) implement a uniform credentialing process for certain health care employees of the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) provide full practice authority to advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and such other licensed VA health care professionals as consistent with their education, training, and certification.
What's happening now
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-707.
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