3.0.0 2134 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z Senate S 2015-10-05 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-11-18T19:34:08Z Referred to 2015-10-05T21:50:37Z Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2016 114 3974 HR 2016-09-06 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 549. Identical bill CRS SERVICE Act 114 6062 HR 2016-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2015-11-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. Committee 2015-10-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2015-10-05 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-10-19 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-11-05 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Employee hiring Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Medical education Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-10-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-15T16:52:27Z Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the Grow Our Own Directive or G.O.O.D. pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as VA physician assistants.

An individual is eligible to participate in the program if the individual:

  • has medical or military health experience gained while serving in the Armed Forces;
  • has received a certificate, associate degree, baccalaureate degree, master's degree, or postbaccalaureate training in a science relating to health care;
  • has participated in the delivery of health care services or related medical services; and
  • does not have a degree of doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, or doctor of dentistry.

The VA shall:

  • provide educational assistance to program participants for the costs of obtaining a master's degree in physician assistant studies or a similar master's degree,
  • ensure that mentors are available for program participants at each VA facility at which a participant is employed, and
  • seek to partner with specified government programs and with appropriate educational institutions that offer degrees in physician assistant studies.

The VA shall:

  • establish specified standards to improve the education and and hiring of VA physician assistants, and
  • implement a national plan for the retention and recruitment of VA physician assistants that includes the adoption of competitive pay standards.

VA physician assistant pay grades are established.

]]> Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015 Display Title Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as physician assistants of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2134is/xml/BILLS-114s2134is.xml 2015-11-18 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. 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.