3.0.0 563 2023-01-11T13:28:18Z 2023-01-11T13:28:18Z Senate S 2015-02-25 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-09-16T18:30:00Z Referred to 2015-02-25T20:01:31Z Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act 114 2145 HR 2015-05-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-09-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-212. Committee 2015-02-25 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-02-25 True S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2015-09-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Veterans Affairs Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care coverage and access Health personnel Licensing and registrations Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-14T15:02:21Z Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the Secretary's authority to employ certain personnel without regard to civil service or classification laws, rules, or regulations to employ physicians on a without compensation basis in any practice area or specialty for which: (1) the average waiting time for veterans seeking an appointment with a physician exceeds the VA's waiting time goals, or (2) the VA medical facility where the physician will be employed has demonstrated staffing shortages.

Requires each VA medical facility to have a volunteer coordinator who: (1) seeks to establish relationships with medical associations serving the area, (2) recruits physicians for uncompensated employment at the facility, and (3) serves as the initial point of contact for physicians seeking uncompensated employment at the facility.

Conditions an uncompensated physician's receipt of a credential or privilege to practice medicine in a VA facility on the physician's commitment to serve at least 40 hours in the facility during the ensuing one-year period.

Requires the Secretary to decide whether to grant an uncompensated physician's request for a credential or privilege to practice medicine in the VA facility within 60 days.

Requires the director of a VA medical facility to approve, and accept the uncompensated services of, any physician who has made the requisite service commitment and receives a credential or privilege to practice medicine in such facility.

]]> Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act Display Title Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program to seek to employ physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs on a without compensation basis in practice areas and specialties with staffing shortages and long appointment waiting times. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act Introduced in Senate 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s563is/xml/BILLS-114s563is.xml 2015-09-16 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-212. 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.