[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1155 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1155

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of 
Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under 
               Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2009

Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Inouye) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of 
Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under 
               Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SERVICES AT 
              VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 7306(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking paragraph (9) and inserting the following new 
paragraph (9):
            ``(9) The Director of Physician Assistant Services, who 
        shall serve in a full-time capacity at the Central Office of 
        the Department and who shall be a qualified physician assistant 
        who shall be responsible to and report directly to the Under 
        Secretary for Health on all matters relating to the education 
        and training, employment, appropriate utilization, and optimal 
        participation of physician assistants within the programs and 
        initiatives of the Administration.''.
    (b) Deadline for Implementation.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that an individual is serving as the Director of Physician 
Assistant Services under section 7306(a)(9) of title 38, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), by not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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