Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year (Sec. 2-3).

• Requires each physician must provide health care to veterans at VA facilities located in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States (Sec. 2-3).

• Specifies that Traveling physicians must coordinate with non-VA providers when necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services (Sec. 2-3).

• Specifies that the VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians (Sec. 2-3).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text