[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 166 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7865-S7866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2786. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2763 proposed by Mr. 
Kirk (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2029, 
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to Congress a report on the recruitment 
     and retention of health care providers by the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs.
       (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include the 
     following:
       (1) An identification of the ratio of veterans to health 
     care providers of the Department, disaggregated by State.
       (2) An analysis of the workload of primary and specialty 
     care providers of the Department, disaggregated by State.
       (3) An assessment of initiatives carried out by the 
     Veterans Health Administration to recruit and retain health 
     care providers of the Department.
       (4) An assessment of the extent to which the Veterans 
     Health Administration oversees health care providers of the 
     Department.
       (5) Such recommendations for improving the recruitment and 
     retention of health care providers of the Department as the 
     Comptroller General considers appropriate.

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