3.0.0 1449 2023-01-11T13:37:33Z 2023-01-11T13:37:33Z Senate S 2017-06-27 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-27T20:30:19Z 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 2017-06-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2017-06-27 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Education programs funding Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Indian social and development programs Medical education Minority health Rural conditions and development Student aid and college costs Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-06-27 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-06T19:05:02Z Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay for the training and employment of Veterans Health Administration medical residents and interns at a covered facility, which includes: (1) a VA facility; (2) a facility operated by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or the Indian Health Service; (3) a federally-qualified health center; or (4) a community health center. (Currently, such payments are authorized only for VA facilities.)

The VA shall carry out an eight-year pilot program to establish or affiliate with graduate medical education residency training programs at not more than four facilities. The VA shall reimburse each participating facility for the costs of:

  • curriculum development;
  • recruitment, training, supervision, and retention of residents and faculty;
  • accreditation of education programs;
  • faculty salaries attributable to program activities; and
  • other expenses relating to providing medical education under the program.

A program participant: (1) shall agree to one year of obligated service at a covered or a VA facility for each year of partipation in the program, (2) who fails to satisfy the obligated service period shall be liable to the United States for a prorated portion of the amount paid for program participation, and (3) during the period of obligated service, shall be eligible for participation in the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and the VA Education Debt Reduction Program.

A covered facility for pilot program purposes means a facility: (1) operated by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or the Indian Health Service that has an existing reimbursement agreement with the VA; and (2) located in a rural or remote area.

]]> Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017 Display Title Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize payment by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the costs associated with training and supervision of medical residents and interns at certain facilities that are not Department facilities, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish or affiliate with residency programs at facilities operated by Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1449is/xml/BILLS-115s1449is.xml 2017-06-27 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.