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<dc:title>117 HR 3693 IH: Department of Veterans Affairs Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2021-06-04</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 3693</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20210604">June 4, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001285">Ms. Brownley</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="M001215">Mrs. Miller-Meeks</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses for health care professionals of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H6179DD5D0DB3464AB42109D24F21FF77" style="OLC"><section id="H347C0B6FAED040CDA50D3C58C7400FF4" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of Veterans Affairs Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>VA CPE Modernization Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H78C5FEA6B7294032B93FB898BBACF1DC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Improvement to reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses for health care professionals of Department of Veterans Affairs</header><subsection id="H985BFC312C57490DAD566C177FA80FE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="USC" id="HF0C0CC724EC34FACA75598E1E4726FA0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HEDC3D534992F48279D585DB5B3EF1578"><enum>7411.</enum><header>Reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses</header><subsection id="H95F1AE16DFC44AC88975482A82EE194A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall reimburse a full-time health care professional of the Department for expenses incurred for continuing professional education in amounts as follows:</text><paragraph id="HDB4DCB9FF1E040CFBB1CE48F702AA9E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>With respect to a physician or dentist appointed under section 7401(1) of this title, not more than $4,000 per year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H38804F9D7D994A0CAC11E727A185D74B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to an individual appointed to a position listed in section 7401(1) that is not covered by paragraph (1), not more than $2,000 per year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE188259517948F88F831933CFCD2FF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to an individual appointed to a position listed in section 7401(3), not more than $2,000 per year.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC048EBC055914F48955615EC62A9B304"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The Secretary may from time to time adjust the dollar amounts specified in subsection (a) based upon inflation.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H27B18C020E024B929D6155F3F22CD424"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 7411 and inserting the following new item:</text><quoted-block style="USC" id="HDEB31C8717344DD4A93534245FCC1B7F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">7411. Reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

