3.0.0 1871 2023-01-11T13:38:32Z 2023-01-11T13:38:32Z Senate S 2017-09-27 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-27T17:42:50Z VA Provider Equity Act 115 1058 HR 2017-07-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2017-09-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2017-10-26 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-11-07 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-11-09 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-11-14 False H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2017-11-16 False D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2017-12-01 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2017-12-12 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-02-15 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-05-10 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-06T21:05:16Z VA Provider Equity Act

This bill: (1) makes a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) doctor of podiatric medicine eligible for any supervisory position to the same degree as a VHA physician, and (2) increases the pay grade of podiatric surgeons to match the compensation of other VHA surgeons, physicians, and dentists.

The Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish standards to ensure that specialists appointed to supervisory VHA positions do not provide direct clinical oversight for purposes of peer review or practice evaluation for providers of other clinical specialties.

]]> VA Provider Equity Act Display Title VA Provider Equity Act Short Titles as Introduced VA Provider Equity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of podiatrists in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1871is/xml/BILLS-115s1871is.xml 2017-09-27 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.