Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015

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.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 5 October 2015

   Introduced

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

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 5 October 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 November 2015

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 5 October 2015 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 October 2015

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 October 2015

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 October 2015

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
• Jerry Moran · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
• Tammy Baldwin · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2016
• related to ← SERVICE Act