Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act Public Law 115–238 Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act 238 115–238 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act 14285 115 2018-09-07 Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act [(Public Law 115–238)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115–238. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [5 U.S.C. 101 note] SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act”.
SEC. 2. DISABLED VETERAN LEAVE FOR HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS IN VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. (a) In General.—Section 6329(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(1) the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given such term in section 2105, and includes— “(A) an officer or employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission; and “(B) notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 7421 of title 38, an individual occupying a position listed in subsection (b) of such section;” . (b) [5 U.S.C. 6329 note] Applicability.—With respect to a position listed in section 7421(b) of title 38, United States Code, the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any individual appointed to such a position on or after the date of enactment of this Act.