3.0.0 3417 2023-01-11T13:41:22Z 2023-01-11T13:41:22Z Senate S 2018-09-06 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-09-06T17:07:58Z Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act 115 6539 HR 2018-07-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2018-09-06 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-09-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2018-09-06 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-09-06 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2018-09-06 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-09-06 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-09-06 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2018-12-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Employee hiring Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Licensing and registrations Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-09-06 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-29T21:20:40Z Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a Docs-to-Doctors Program to recruit individuals separating from the Armed Forces who served in a health care capacity in the Armed Forces. The VA shall also implement a uniform credentialing process for certain health care employees of the Veterans Health Administration and advanced practice registered nurses.

]]> Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act Display Title Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to increase efficiency in the recruitment and hiring by the Department of Veterans Affairs of health care workers that are undergoing separation from the Armed Forces, to create uniform credentialing standards for certain health care professionals of the Department, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3417is/xml/BILLS-115s3417is.xml 2018-09-06 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.