3.0.0 734 2023-01-11T13:19:40Z 2023-01-11T13:19:40Z Senate S S 2009-03-30 111 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2009-04-22T19:46:58Z Referred to 2009-03-30T16:12:35Z 2009-04-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-76. Committee 2009-03-30 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3989-3991) IntroReferral 2009-03-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3988-3989) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2009-03-30 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-03-30 True Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care coverage and access Health personnel Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Neurological disorders Rural conditions and development Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Transportation costs Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-20T20:06:16Z Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act of 2009 - Removes the $44,000-per-individual limit on authorized payments by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health professionals education debt reduction program. Requires notice to potential employees of their eligibility and selection for participation in such program.

Includes VA facilities in the list of medical facilities eligible for the assignment of participants under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program.

Requires the Director of the VA's Office of Rural Health to develop an Office five-year strategic plan.

Authorizes the use of volunteer counselors as part of the Vet Center program.

Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of teleconsultation for the provision of remote mental health and traumatic brain injury assessments in VA facilities not otherwise able to provide such assessments without contracting out or reimbursing other providers for such services.

Requires the Secretary, for each Veterans Integrated Services Network, to negotiate with each party that has contracts to provide services at more than one community-based outpatient clinic in that Network to consolidate such contracts. Directs the Secretary to designate a rural outreach coordinator at each such clinic at which not less than 50% of the veterans enrolled reside in a highly rural area. Provides for peer review of health care services and patient records within the Network.

Authorizes reimbursement for veterans' beneficiaries for air travel when it is the only practical way to reach a VA health care facility.

Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program on incentives for physicians who assume responsibilities of primary care and mental health services to veterans at community hospitals in health professional shortage areas.

]]> Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act of 2009 Display Title Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain physicians in Health Professional Shortage Areas and to improve the provision of health care to veterans in rural areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s734is/xml/BILLS-111s734is.xml 2009-04-22 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-76. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.