3.0.0 902 2022-11-01T18:32:39Z 2022-11-01T18:32:39Z Senate S 2019-03-27 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-27T18:45:26Z VA Hiring Enhancement Act 116 1163 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2019-03-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-03-27 True Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Medical education Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2022-01-19T16:30:23Z VA Hiring Enhancement Act

This bill modifies requirements and procedures related to the hiring of physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Specifically, the bill negates enforcement of a noncompete agreement that an applicant for a physician position in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has entered into with a non-VA facility or entity. As a condition of terminating the noncompete agreement, the physician must agree to serve at the VHA for one year or until the expiration of the noncompete agreement, whichever is later.

The bill also authorizes the VA to offer a contingent physician's appointment to a person if the person will have completed a residency program leading to board eligibility in a specialty and met other requirements for the appointment within two years after the VA offer.

Eligibility requirements for a VA physician's appointment are revised to require completion of a residency program rather than an internship.

]]> VA Hiring Enhancement Act Display Title VA Hiring Enhancement Act Short Title(s) as Introduced VA Hiring Enhancement Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of physicians in the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s902is/xml/BILLS-116s902is.xml 2019-03-27 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.