US SB1449 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay for the training and employment of Veterans Health Administration medical residents and interns at a covered facility, which includes: (1) a VA facility; (2) a facility operated by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or the Indian Health Service; (3) a federally-qualified health center; or (4) a community health center. (Currently, such payments are authorized only for VA facilities.) The VA shall carry out an eight-year pilot program to establish or affiliate with graduate medical education residency training programs at not more than four facilities. The VA shall reimburse each participating facility for the costs of: curriculum development; recruitment, training, supervision, and retention of residents and faculty; accreditation of education programs; faculty salaries attributable to program activities; and other expenses relating to providing medical education under the program. A program participant: (1) shall agree to one year of obligated service at a covered or a VA facility for each year of partipation in the program, (2) who fails to satisfy the obligated service period shall be liable to the United States for a prorated portion of the amount paid for program participation, and (3) during the period of obligated service, shall be eligible for participation in the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and the VA Education Debt Reduction Program. A covered facility for pilot program purposes means a facility: (1) operated by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or the Indian Health Service that has an existing reimbursement agreement with the VA; and (2) located in a rural or remote area.
Title
Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017
Sponsors
Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK] | Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-06-27 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
Same As/Similar To
SB2193 (Related) 2018-03-07 - By Senator Isakson from Committee on Veterans' Affairs filed written report. Report No. 115-212.
Subjects
Armed forces and national security
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1449/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1449/BILLS-115s1449is.pdf |