[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5342 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5342

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expeditiously grant 
privileges to members of the Armed Forces who are health care providers 
to provide hospital care and medical services in medical facilities of 
                  the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2014

 Mr. Heck of Nevada (for himself, Mr. Cole, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. 
 Amodei, Mr. Ribble, Mr. King of New York, and Mr. Tipton) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expeditiously grant 
privileges to members of the Armed Forces who are health care providers 
to provide hospital care and medical services in medical facilities of 
                  the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Credentialing and Privileging 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF CREDENTIALS OF MILITARY PHYSICIANS FOR PURPOSES OF 
              GRANTING PRIVILEGES TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              MEDICAL FACILITIES.

    (a) Approval of Credentials.--Not later than 30 days after a 
request is made by a military health care provider described in 
subsection (b) for privileges to provide hospital care or medical 
services in a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall approve the credentials of the 
provider and grant such privileges, unless the Secretary can show cause 
for denying such privileges.
    (b) Military Health Care Provider.--A military health care provider 
described in this subsection is a member of the Armed Forces who--
            (1) is a health care provider;
            (2) is serving on active duty in, or in the process of 
        being separated from, the Armed Forces; and
            (3) is privileged to work in a military treatment facility.
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