3.0.0 2356 2023-01-11T13:38:51Z 2023-01-11T13:38:51Z Senate S 2018-01-30 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-01-30T20:19:24Z 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 2018-01-30 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2018-01-30 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2018-01-30 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2018-01-30 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-02-05 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2018-03-13 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2018-05-16 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-28T21:08:27Z Stronger Medical Workforce for Veterans Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop criteria to designate VA medical centers, ambulatory care facilities, and community based outpatient clinics as underserved facilities.

The VA must commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility of providing individuals with tuition and loan repayment incentives to work at underserved facilities. The VA must also ensure that clinical staff working at Vet Centers (community-based counseling centers that provide veterans with post-deployment social and psychological services) are eligible to participate in the VA education debt reduction program.

The bill directs the VA and the Surgeon General to enter into a memorandum of understanding to assign at least 500 Public Health Service commissioned officers to the VA.

]]> Stronger Medical Workforce for Veterans Act Display Title Stronger Medical Workforce for Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to address staffing and other issues at facilities, including underserved facilities, of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Stronger Medical Workforce for Veterans Act Introduced in Senate 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2356is/xml/BILLS-115s2356is.xml 2018-01-30 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.