Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2016

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Introduced

5 November 2015

Last action

6 September 2016 · Reported

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 549.

Summary

Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the Grow Our Own Directive or G.O.O.D. pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as VA physician assistants. An individual is eligible to participate in the program if the individual: has medical or military health experience gained while serving in the Armed Forces; has received a certificate, associate degree, baccalaureate degree, master's degree, or postbaccalaureate training in a science relating to health care; has participated in the delivery of health care services or related medical services; and does not have a degree of doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, or doctor of dentistry. The VA shall: provide educational assistance to program participants for the costs of obtaining a master's degree in physician assistant studies or a similar master's degree, ensure that mentors are available for program participants at each VA facility at which a participant is employed, and seek to partner with specified government programs and with appropriate educational institutions that offer degrees in physician assistant studies. The VA shall: establish specified standards to improve the education and and hiring of VA physician assistants, and implement a national plan for the retention and recruitment of VA physician assistants that includes the adoption of competitive pay standards. VA physician assistant pay grades are established.

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Timeline

5 November 2015
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
5 November 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 November 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 December 2015
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
20 April 2016
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
29 April 2016
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Source: Committee
29 April 2016
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
18 May 2016
Reported
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
18 May 2016
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
6 September 2016
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 549.
Source: Calendars
6 September 2016
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-710.
Source: Committee
6 September 2016
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-710.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017
related to → Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015
related to ← SERVICE Act

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3974
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3974
us · 114-hr-3974 · source updated 5 December 2025