3.0.0 2168 2023-01-11T13:39:21Z 2023-01-11T13:39:21Z Senate S 2017-11-28 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-28T23:48:47Z Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017 115 4642 HR 2017-12-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-11-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-11-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-11-28 Introduced in Senate 2018-07-24T19:47:12Z Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to provide access to hospital care and medical services in non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities for all veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system. (Currently, such access is based upon appointment wait times and distance from, or existence of, VA facilities.)

The VA shall: (1) establish a pilot program to expedite the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) process for bringing on a medical provider after such person is offered a tentative VHA position (onboarding), (2) give priority to medical facilities facing hiring shortages of licensed independent medical providers, and (3) submit to Congress a strategy for reducing the length of the medical provider hiring process by half.

The bill requires that certain personal information be transmitted to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board whenever a major adverse action based upon performance or conduct is taken against certain VHA health care employees.

]]> Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017 Display Title Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include in the Veterans Choice Program all veterans enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2168is/xml/BILLS-115s2168is.xml 2017-11-28 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.