US Congress House Bill 7441 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 1 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct, as part of the Transition Assistance Program, recruitment for specified medical personnel positions from among medical department personnel of the Department of Defense who hold medical military occupational specialties and are separating from the Armed Forces. Tentative offers may be issued for specified medical personnel positions to applicants who agree to accept the position and meet a preliminary qualification review established by the VA. After the tentative offer process, the supervisor or technician conducting the hiring process must transmit the applicant's information and credentials to the medical facility at which the individual would be hired for final verification and interviews.

Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act of 2020

Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]

Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2020-09-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2020-07-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-01	House	Introduced in House

SB4124 (Same As) 2020-07-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7441/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7441/BILLS-116hr7441ih.pdf