3.0.0 1319 2023-01-11T13:37:38Z 2023-01-11T13:37:38Z Senate S 2017-06-08 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-08T17:25:18Z Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 115 2193 S 2018-03-07 By Senator Isakson from Committee on Veterans' Affairs filed written report. Report No. 115-212. Related bill CRS VA MISSION Act of 2018 115 2372 S 2018-06-06 Became Public Law No: 115-182. Related bill CRS VA MISSION Act of 2018 115 2906 S 2018-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2017-06-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-09-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-25T21:22:48Z Community Care Core Competency Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to furnish continuing medical education material to non-VA medical professionals, with the goal of: (1) increasing knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans, and (2) improving outreach to veterans and family members.

The program must include education on: (1) dealing with patients who are veterans or family members; (2) identifying and treating common mental and physical conditions of veterans and family members; and (3) the VA health care system.

The VA shall: (1) carry out such program for five years on a VA website at no cost to participating non-VA medical professionals, and (2) ensure that the program is accredited in as many states as practicable.

]]> Community Care Core Competency Act of 2017 Display Title Community Care Core Competency Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a continuing medical education program for non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals who treat veterans to increase knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community Care Core Competency Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1319is/xml/BILLS-115s1319is.xml 2017-06-08 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.