3.0.0 3041 2022-10-28T01:45:57Z 2022-10-28T01:45:57Z Senate S 2019-12-12 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-12T19:52:05Z 2019-12-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-12-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH N E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2019-12-12 True S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2019-12-12 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Employee performance Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health information and medical records Health personnel Licensing and registrations Personnel records Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-12-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-18T18:45:40Z Veterans Health Administration Caregiver Retention and Eligibility Determination Act of 2019 or the VHA CRED Act of 2019

This bill requires the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prescribe regulations, administrative guidance, and management controls applicable to the credentialing of certain appointed health care positions. Under the bill, VHA personnel who verify credentials for appointees, review qualifications for such persons, or hire such persons must undergo periodic training to review relevant law and policy regarding provider qualifications for VHA employment.

The bill requires the VHA to enroll health care appointees in continuous query of their record within the National Practitioner Data Bank. The VHA must also develop and implement a mechanism for monitoring the continuous query and updating information within the VA's credentialing system.

At least once a year, the VHA must audit its appointed health care employees who have an adverse action reported on the National Practitioner Data Bank.

]]> VHA CRED Act of 2019 Display Title VHA CRED Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced VHA CRED Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans Health Administration Caregiver Retention and Eligibility Determination Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that medical professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration are properly credentialed, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3041is/xml/BILLS-116s3041is.xml 2019-12-12 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.