Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act
Latest action · May 29, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to offer a contingent physician's appointment to a person who, upon completion of a post-graduate training program, completes a residency program within two years after the VA offer.
Eligibility requirements for a VA physician's appointment, including a contingency appointment, are revised to require completion of a residency program rather than an internship.
At least annually, the VA must ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network (regional VA health care administrative areas) visits each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the network to recruit individuals for the Veterans Health Administration.Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2019 to Jun 13, 2019, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | May 7, 2019 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | May 7, 2019 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | May 7, 2019 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | May 7, 2019 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | May 7, 2019 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | May 9, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Jun 13, 2019 |
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Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 29, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 7, 2019Introduced in House
- May 7, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
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- May 7, 2019Introduced in House
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