US Congress House Bill 4942 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on June 23 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Underserved Veterans Access to Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish medical residency programs, or ensure a sufficient number of residency positions in medical residency programs, at VA medical facilities that the Secretary determines: (1) are experiencing a shortage of physicians, and (2) are located in communities that are designated as a health professional shortage area. Requires the Secretary to determine the specialty of health care professionals that a location is experiencing a shortage of and allocate residency positions based on such determination. Directs the Secretary, during the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act, to establish not fewer than 2,000 graduate medical education residency positions, giving priority to VA medical facilities that: (1) do not have medical residency programs, and (2) are located in communities that have a high concentration of veterans.

Underserved Veterans Access to Health Care Act

Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-06-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB3230 (Related) 2014-08-07 - Became Public Law No: 113-146.
SB2639 (Related) 2014-07-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4942/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4942/BILLS-113hr4942ih.pdf