H.R. 6272: VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-28 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2016

Plain summary

VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2016 This bill provides that market pay (one of the three salary components of Veterans Health Administration [VHA] physicians and dentists) shall be the same for each physician or dentist with the same specialty or assignment in the same Integrated Service Network (VISN). The market pay of a physician or dentist may exceed the market pay generally available to a physician or dentist with the same specialty or assignment in the same VISN by up to 5%. Such amount shall take into account the pay in the relevant health service area, as designated by the Department of Health and Human Services. Market pay in a health professional shortage area for a physician's or dentist's specialty may exceed by up to 25% the market pay for a physician or dentist in a health service area with a specialty or assignment not relevant to the health professional shortage area. The VA shall: (1) evaluate the market pay of a physician or dentist every 12 months; and (2) in implementing a promotion system, create parity between the grades and annual rates of basic pay for VHA employees performing similar duties in the same facility, regardless of service time.

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VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] · 1 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr6272.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr6272 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114