H.R. 4150 · 114th Congress
Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Raul Ruiz
- Introduced
- 2015-12-01
- Latest action
- 2016-12-07 · Received in the Senate.
Summary
Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon the advanced written request of a covered physician, to modify the hours of employment for a full-time VA physician to be more than or less than 80 hours in a biweekly pay period.
For purpose of determining pay, such a physician shall be deemed to have a biweekly employment schedule of 80 hours.
A physician with an irregular work schedule must account for at least 2,080 employment hours (through work or use of leave or paid time off) in a calendar year.