3.0.0 450 2022-11-01T16:02:58Z 2022-11-01T16:02:58Z Senate S 2019-02-12 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2020-02-05T22:17:01Z Markup by 2020-01-29T14:30:36Z Hearings by 2019-05-22T18:30:44Z Referred to 2019-02-12T19:42:33Z Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2019 116 1674 HR 2019-03-11 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2020-02-05 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 412. Calendars 2020-02-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 2020-02-05 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2020-01-29 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2019-05-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2019-02-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO N P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-02-12 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2019-03-13 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2020-06-25 False 2020-02-18T23:30:00Z S. 450, Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2020 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56147 As reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 5, 2020 Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Employee hiring Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Health personnel Licensing and registrations Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-10T14:14:49Z Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program at a minimum of 10 medical facilities to assess the feasibility and advisability of expediting the VA's process for onboarding new medical providers. Priority shall be given to facilities facing hiring shortages of licensed and independent medical providers.

The VA is also required to submit to Congress a strategy to reduce the duration of its hiring process for licensed medical providers.

]]> 25 2020-02-05 Reported to Senate 2020-05-29T14:33:45Z Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2020

This bill addresses the administration of the hiring process for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) personnel. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to publish on a VA website specified information related to the duration of the hiring process for certain health care appointees, such as physicians.

The VA Office of Inspector General must review the administration of such website annually, instead of the current semiannual requirement.

Lastly, the bill requires the VA to include in its annual hiring report the steps it is taking to improve the onboarding timeline at facilities where the duration of the process exceeds suggested metrics.

]]> Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2020 Display Title Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2020 S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2019 S Senate Reported to Senate RS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to expedite the onboarding process for new medical providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to reduce the duration of the hiring process for such medical providers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s450rs/xml/BILLS-116s450rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s450is/xml/BILLS-116s450is.xml 2020-02-05 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 412. 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.