US Congress House Bill 1505 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017 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.

VA Provider Pay Modernization Act of 2017

Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]

Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-03-10	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1505/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1505/BILLS-115hr1505ih.pdf