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
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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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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