3.0.0 1127 2022-02-03T05:53:54Z 2022-02-03T05:53:54Z Senate S S 2011-05-26 112 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2011-06-08T18:13:26Z Referred to 2011-05-26T22:35:33Z 2011-06-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116. Committee 2011-05-26 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Medical education Medical research Rural conditions and development Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-18T18:32:44Z Veterans Rural Health Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the Director of the Office of Rural Health (ORH) within the Office of the Under Secretary for Health, to establish and operate at least one and up to five centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities, including: (1) research on furnishing health services in rural areas, (2) development of specific models to be used by the VA in furnishing health services to veterans in such areas, (3) education and training for VA health care professionals, and (4) development and implementation of clinical activities and systems.

Requires clinical and scientific investigation activities at each such center to: (1) be eligible to compete for awards from funds appropriated for the Medical and Prosthetics Research Account, and (2) receive priority in the award of funding from such account to the extent that funds are awarded to projects for research in the care of rural veterans.

Recognizes as purposes of veterans rural health resource centers that serve as satellite offices for the ORH the: (1) identification of disparities in the availability of health care to veterans living in rural areas, (2) formulation of practices or programs to deliver such health care, and (3) development and implementation of special practices and products for the benefit of such veterans.

]]> Veterans Rural Health Improvement Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Rural Health Improvement Act of 2011 Display Title Veterans Rural Health Improvement Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities and to recognize the rural health resource centers in the Office of Rural Health, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1127is/xml/BILLS-112s1127is.xml 2011-06-08 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116. 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.