H.R. 5518 · 113th Congress
Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jerry McNerney
- Introduced
- 2014-09-17
- Latest action
- 2014-09-29 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act - Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse any full-time board-certified health professional (under current law, physician or dentist) appointed to the VA for continuing professional education expenses incurred, up to $1,600 per year (under current law, $1,000).
Directs that the expenses incurred be expenses required to maintain licensure.