3.0.0 1676 2023-01-11T13:30:38Z 2023-01-11T13:30:38Z Senate S 2015-06-24 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-10-06T18:34:08Z Referred to 2015-06-24T23:07:27Z DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015 114 4011 HR 2015-11-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the disregard of certain resident slots that include Department of Veterans Affairs training in determining payments for direct graduate medical education costs, and for other purposes. 114 3755 HR 2015-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-10-06 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242. Committee 2015-06-24 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2015-06-24 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-06-25 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2015-06-25 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-07-15 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-07-16 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-09-10 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-10-08 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Medical education Medicare Mental health Nursing Rural conditions and development Student aid and college costs Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-23T23:12:07Z Delivering Opportunities for Care and Services for Veterans Act of 2015 or the DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) residents for payments to hospitals for direct graduate medical education (GME) costs, in particular the limitation on the total number of FTE residents in the field of allopathic or osteopathic medicine in a hospital's approved medical residency training program. In applying this limitation, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall not take into account any such resident who counts towards meeting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) obligation under the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to increase the number of GME residency positions at VA medical facilities by up to 1,500 positions.

The period for increasing GME residency positions at VA medical facilities is extended to 10 years.

The VA and HHS shall jointly conduct a six-year pilot program to establish at least three graduate behavioral medicine residency programs in underserved areas in the United States.

Education and training of marriage and family therapists and licensed professional mental health counselors shall be included in VA health personnel education and training programs.

Persons with a doctoral degree in mental health counseling are eligible for appointment to a VA mental health counselor position.

Physician assistants in VA facilities must receive pay competitive with pay for similar positions in non-VA facilities in the same labor market.

At least 30% of debt reduction payments paid under the education debt reduction program each year shall be paid to individuals who practice medicine in a rural or highly rural area.

The positions (and pay) of Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks are established.

The VA shall conduct a two-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of implementing in rural and highly rural areas with a large percentage of veterans a nurse advice line to provide veterans with medical advice, appointment and cancellation services, and information on the availability of VA benefits.

]]> DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015 Display Title DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the number of graduate medical education positions treating veterans, to improve the compensation of health care providers, medical directors, and directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced Delivering Opportunities for Care and Services for Veterans Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1676is/xml/BILLS-114s1676is.xml 2015-10-06 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242. 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.