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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5518" measure-id="id113hr5518" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-09-17" update-date="2014-10-16">
<title>Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr5518v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-10-16">
<action-date>2014-09-17</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act - Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse any full-time board-certified health professional (under current law, physician or dentist) appointed to the VA for continuing professional education expenses incurred, up to $1,600 per year (under current law, $1,000).</p> <p>Directs that the expenses incurred be expenses required to maintain licensure.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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