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VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017

115th Congress · Approved Aug 12, 2017 · 131 Stat. 958

An Act

To authorize appropriations and to appropriate amounts for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve hiring authorities of the Department, to authorize major medical facility leases, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short Title; Table of Contents.

(a)
Short Title.— This Act may be cited as the “VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017”.
(b)
Table of Contents.— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I— APPROPRIATION OF AMOUNTS FOR VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM

Sec. 101. Appropriation of amounts for Veterans Choice Program.

TITLE II— PERSONNEL MATTERS

Sec. 201. Modification to annual determination of staffing shortages in Veterans Health Administration.

Sec. 202. Establishment of Department of Veterans Affairs Executive Management Fellowship Program.

Sec. 203. Accountability of leaders for managing the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 204. Reemployment of former employees at Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 205. Promotional opportunities for technical experts at Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 206. Employment of students and recent graduates by Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 207. Encouragement of transition of military medical professionals into employment with Veterans Health Administration.

Sec. 208. Recruiting database at Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 209. Training for human resources professionals of Veterans Health Administration on recruitment and retention.

Sec. 210. Plan to hire directors of medical centers of Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 211. Exit surveys at Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 212. Requirement that physician assistants employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs receive competitive pay.

Sec. 213. Expansion of direct-hiring authority for Department of Veterans Affairs in case of shortage of highly qualified candidates.

Sec. 214. Comptroller General of the United States assessment of succession planning at Department of Veterans Affairs.

TITLE III— MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES

Sec. 301. Authorization of certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations for medical facility leases.

TITLE IV— OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 401. Extension of reduction in amount of pension furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs for certain veterans covered by medicaid plans for services furnished by nursing facilities.

Sec. 402. Extension of requirement for collection of fees for housing loans guaranteed by Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 403. Extension of authority to use income information.