To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that health-care professionals of the Department of Veterans Affairs be assigned to facilities of the Department only in States in which they are licensed to practice, and to require that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs follow State requirements concerning the filing of death certificates.

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Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign a Department of Veterans Affairs health-care professional to a Department health-care facility only in those States in which such individual is licensed to practice. Requires that, when an individual dies in a Department facility, the Secretary shall follow that State's requirements concerning the filing of death certificates.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 31 July 1997

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  Introduced in House · EN · 31 July 1997

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 31 July 1997

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