3.0.0 2422 2019-02-20T12:34:46Z 2022-11-04T17:42:20Z Senate S S 2014-06-03 113 Veterans' Local Access Act 113 2913 HR 2013-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013 113 3521 HR 2013-12-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Commission for Our Veterans' Care Act 113 4861 HR 2014-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013 113 1740 S 2013-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Restoring Veterans Trust Act of 2014 113 2413 S 2014-06-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2014-06-04 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 408. Calendars 2014-06-03 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3370-3379) Calendars 2014-06-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3369-3370) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-06-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2014-06-03 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2014-06-03 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2014-06-03 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2014-06-03 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2014-06-03 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2014-06-03 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2014-06-03 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2014-06-03 True B001277 Sen. 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[D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2014-06-03 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2014-06-04 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2014-06-04 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2014-06-04 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2014-06-04 False W000818 Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] John Walsh D MT E. 2014-06-04 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2014-06-04 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2014-06-04 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2014-06-05 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2014-06-05 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2014-06-05 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Arizona California Caribbean area Civil actions and liability Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Connecticut Department of Health and Human Services Department of Veterans Affairs Federal officials Florida Georgia Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Hawaii Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Hospital care Illinois Indian social and development programs Kansas Louisiana Massachusetts Medical education Mental health Military medicine Minority health Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico Oklahoma Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Puerto Rico South Carolina Student aid and college costs Tennessee Texas U.S. territories and protectorates Veterans' medical care Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-06-03 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-28T17:44:37Z Ensuring Veterans Access to Care Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) implement an upgraded and centralized electronic system for scheduling individuals' appointments for VA health care, and (2) contract for an independent assessment of the process at each VA medical facility for scheduling such appointments.

Sets forth measures concerning the training and hiring of VA health personnel that:

  • protect primary care physicians from liability for failing to perform their period of obligated service under the Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program due to VA staffing changes or an oversupply of primary care physicians;
  • allow individuals, as part of that Program, to enroll in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to pursue a medical education with a primary care specialization;
  • require the Secretary to annually identify the five VA health care occupations for which there are the largest staffing shortages, to recruit and appoint health care providers to those positions, and to give scholarship priority under the Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program to applicants pursuing careers in those occupations;
  • direct the Secretary to implement a clinic management training program to provide in-person, standardized education on health care management to all managers of, and health care providers at, VA medical facilities; and
  • include service at VA medical facilities as obligated service under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs.

Establishes measures to improve veterans' access to health care from non-VA providers by:

  • requiring the Secretary to make enhanced use of the Secretary's existing authorities to give veterans access to health care at non-VA facilities if they cannot get timely access to care at VA health facilities;
  • extending a joint Department of Defense (DOD)-VA program to identify, implement, and evaluate creative health care coordination and sharing initiatives at facility, intraregional, and nationwide levels;
  • requiring the Secretary to transfer the authority to pay for health care through non-VA facilities from the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Networks and medical centers to the Veterans Health Administration's Chief Business Office;
  • requiring the Secretary to provide outreach to Indian medical facilities regarding their ability to enter into agreements with the VA for reimbursement for providing veterans with health care;
  • requiring the Secretary to enter into agreements to reimburse Native Hawaiian health care systems for the provision of health care to veterans.

Sets forth VA health care administrative matters, which include:

  • requiring the Secretary to improve veterans' access to telemedicine and other health care through the use of VA mobile vet centers by establishing standardized requirements for the operation of such centers,
  • establishing the Commission on Access to Care,
  • establishing the Commission on Capital Planning for Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities, and
  • authorizing the Secretary to remove any individual from the Senior Executive Service if the Secretary determines that the individual's performance warrants such removal.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain major medical facility leases at specified locations for up to specified amounts. Sets forth requirements for the budgetary treatment of such leases.

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