Community Care Core Competency Act of 2017

Summary

Community Care Core Competency Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to furnish continuing medical education material to non-VA medical professionals, with the goal of: (1) increasing knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans, and (2) improving outreach to veterans and family members. The program must include education on: (1) dealing with patients who are veterans or family members; (2) identifying and treating common mental and physical conditions of veterans and family members; and (3) the VA health care system. The VA shall: (1) carry out such program for five years on a VA website at no cost to participating non-VA medical professionals, and (2) ensure that the program is accredited in as many states as practicable.

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Timeline

1. 8 June 2017

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 8 June 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 8 June 2017 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 June 2017

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Richard Durbin · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017
• related to ← VA MISSION Act of 2018
• related to ← VA MISSION Act of 2018