H.R. 4642: Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017
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H.R. 4642: Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-14 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-12-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017
Plain summary
Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to provide access to hospital care and medical services in non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities for all veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system. (Currently, such access is based upon appointment wait times and distance from, or existence of, VA facilities.) The VA shall: (1) establish a pilot program to expedite the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) process for bringing on a medical provider after such person is offered a tentative VHA position (onboarding), (2) give priority to medical facilities facing hiring shortages of licensed independent medical providers, and (3) submit to Congress a strategy for reducing the length of the medical provider hiring process by half. The bill requires that certain personal information be transmitted to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board whenever a major adverse action based upon performance or conduct is taken against certain VHA health care employees.
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Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4642.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr4642 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115