3.0.0 2311 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z Senate S S 2014-05-08 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-08T20:00:02Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the qualifications of hearing aid specialists of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 113 3508 HR 2014-03-27 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2014-05-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-05-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2014-05-08 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2014-05-08 True W000818 Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] John Walsh D MT E. 2014-05-08 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2014-05-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health personnel Hearing, speech, and vision care Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-05-08 Introduced in Senate 2014-08-19T20:29:45Z Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to appoint licensed hearing aid specialists in the Veterans Health Administration.

Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report on: (1) timely access of veterans to hearing health services through the VA, and (2) contracting policies of the VA with respect to providing hearing health services to veterans in non-VA facilities.


]]> A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2311is/xml/BILLS-113s2311is.xml 2014-05-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.