3.0.0 968 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z Senate S 2017-04-27 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-27T17:48:56Z Veterans Access to Care Act 115 4226 HR 2017-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-04-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2017-04-27 True Health Department of Veterans Affairs Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Medical education Student aid and college costs Veterans' medical care Health 00 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-03T16:43:05Z Veterans Access to Care Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to automatically designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as health professional shortage areas.

Individuals may not participate in both the VA's Health Professionals Education Assistance Program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment programs.

The Department of Health and Human Services, in carrying out the National Health Service Corps Program, must consult with the VA regarding health professional shortage areas that are VA medical facilities.

]]> Veterans Access to Care Act Display Title Veterans Access to Care Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to designate certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs as health professional shortage areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Access to Care Act Introduced in Senate 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s968is/xml/BILLS-115s968is.xml 2017-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.