3.0.0 2639 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z Senate S S 2014-07-22 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-22T20:40:41Z Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 113 3230 HR 2014-08-07 Became Public Law No: 113-146. Related bill CRS Underserved Veterans Access to Health Care Act 113 4942 HR 2014-07-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2014-07-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Medical education Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2014-10-01T20:52:22Z Veterans Affairs Health Workforce Enhancement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish medical residency programs, or ensure a sufficient number of residency positions in medical residency programs, at any VA medical facility that the Secretary determines is experiencing a shortage of physicians.

Requires the Secretary to determine the specialty of health care professionals that each such facility is experiencing a shortage of and allocate residency programs and positions based on such determination.

Directs the Secretary, during the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act, to increase the number of graduate medical education residency positions at VA medical facilities by not less than 2,000 positions, giving priority to medical facilities that: (1) do not have a medical residency program, and (2) are located in a community in which there is a high need for health care for veterans.

]]> Veterans Affairs Health Workforce Enhancement Act of 2014 Display Title Veterans Affairs Health Workforce Enhancement Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of graduate medical education residency positions at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Affairs Health Workforce Enhancement Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2639is/xml/BILLS-113s2639is.xml 2014-07-22 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.