3.0.0 10 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z 2025-01-14T17:05:16Z Senate S S 2023-01-23 118 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup By 2023-02-16T16:30:00Z Referred To 2023-01-23T20:53:56Z 118 693 HR 2023-04-18 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Related bill CRS 118 55 S 2023-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2023-02-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2023-01-23 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-01-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2023-01-23 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2023-01-31 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2023-02-15 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2023-03-06 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2023-03-14 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2023-05-01 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2023-05-09 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2023-05-18 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2023-06-01 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2023-11-09 False 2023-09-05T18:03:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59346 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 16, 2023 Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Department of Veterans Affairs 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Employee hiring 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Government information and archives 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Government studies and investigations 2023-03-06T14:30:26Z Health facilities and institutions 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Health personnel 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Health programs administration and funding 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Higher education 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Law enforcement officers 2023-03-06T14:30:25Z Licensing and registrations 2023-03-06T14:30:26Z Medical education 2023-03-06T14:30:26Z Student aid and college costs 2023-03-06T14:30:26Z Wages and earnings 2023-03-06T14:30:26Z Armed Forces and National Security 2023-01-26T16:00:36Z

00 2023-01-23 Introduced in Senate 2023-06-02T16:22:59Z <p><b>VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill addresses Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) personnel matters and the training, recruitment, and retention of VA health care employees.</p> <p>Among other requirements, the VA must</p> <ul> <li>expand various staff training efforts and programs;</li> <li>comply with certain notification and staffing requirements when a VA medical center director is on detail;</li> <li>prescribe a system of pay for individuals appointed as directors of medical centers and directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks; and</li> <li>establish a consolidated annual leave account for certain VA employees with restored leave during 2020, 2021, and 2022.</li> </ul> <p>The bill also </p> <ul> <li>authorizes the VA to waive pay limitations for employees of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who are performing mission critical work;</li> <li>increases the maximum amount of incentive pay for pharmacist executives;</li> <li>modifies the special pay authority for nurse executives and the administration of pay for VA physicians, podiatrists, optometrists, and dentists;</li> <li>authorizes a waiver of certain licensure requirements for psychologists and mental health counselors in certain circumstances;</li> <li>requires the Inspector General of the VA to study and report on the use of direct hire authority, the contributions made by the use of such authority, and any vulnerabilities or inconsistencies with respect to the use of such authority;</li> <li>includes VA police officers as law enforcement officers for purposes of the federal retirement system; and</li> <li>requires the Government Accountability Office to report on human resources modernization conducted by the VHA.<br> </li> </ul>

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