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HR 2557 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Employee hiring Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Medical education Veterans' medical care

Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act

Introduced: May 7, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 29, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 7, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 7, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to offer a contingent physician's appointment to a person who, upon completion of a post-graduate training program, completes a residency program within two years after the VA offer.

Eligibility requirements for a VA physician's appointment, including a contingency appointment, are revised to require completion of a residency program rather than an internship.

At least annually, the VA must ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network (regional VA health care administrative areas) visits each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the network to recruit individuals for the Veterans Health Administration.
What's happening now May 29, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 3
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Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Jun 13, 2019
DOYLE, MIKE
· May 14, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · May 14, 2019
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · May 14, 2019
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · May 14, 2019
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · May 9, 2019
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · May 7, 2019
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · May 7, 2019
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 7, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2557: Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2557/
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"H.R. 2557: Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2557/.
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H.R. 2557, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2557/.
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[H.R. 2557: Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2557/)
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