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HR 1505 115th Congress House

VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the maximum market pay of physicians and dentists in the Vete… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the maximum market pay of physicians and dentists in the Veterans Health Administration who work in health professional shortage areas, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 10, 2017 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans AffairsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelVeterans' medical care
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 10, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 10, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 27, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017

This bill provides that market pay (one of the three salary components of Veterans Health Administration [VHA] physicians and dentists) shall be the same for each physician or dentist with the same specialty or assignment in the same Integrated Service Network (VISN).

The market pay of a physician or dentist may exceed the market pay generally available to a physician or dentist with the same specialty or assignment in the same VISN by up to 5%.

Such amount shall take into account the pay in the relevant health service area, as designated by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Market pay in a health professional shortage area for a physician's or dentist's specialty may exceed by up to 25% the market pay for a physician or dentist in a health service area with a specialty or assignment not relevant to the health professional shortage area.

The VA shall: (1) evaluate the market pay of a physician or dentist every 12 months; and (2) in implementing a promotion system, create parity between the grades and annual rates of basic pay for VHA employees performing similar duties in the same facility, regardless of service time.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6272 Reintroduction of VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1505: VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1505/
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"H.R. 1505: VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1505/.
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H.R. 1505, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1505/.
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