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Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act
Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act
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(Original Signature of Member)
H. R. ll
113TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program to seek to employ physicians at the
Department of Veterans Affairs on a without compensation basis in
practice areas and specialties with staffing shortages and long appointment waiting times.
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the
Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program to
seek to employ physicians at the Department of Veterans
Affairs on a without compensation basis in practice areas
and specialties with staffing shortages and long appointment waiting times.
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PROGRAM.
7 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec8 tion 7405 the following new section:
9 7405A. Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans
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23 each medical facility of the Department a volunteer coordi24 nator. The volunteer coordinator for a medical facility
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cated;
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25 ment shall approve, and accept the services of, any physi-
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1 cian who meets the qualifications under subsection (c) and
2 receives a credential or privilege to practice medicine in
3 the facility under paragraph (1).
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