A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as physician assistants of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes.
Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the Grow Our Own Directive or G.O.O.D. pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as VA physician assistants.
An individual is eligible to participate in the program if the individual:
The VA shall:
The VA shall:
VA physician assistant pay grades are established.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 549.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252.
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