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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7287
To clarify the licensure requirements for contractor medical professionals
to perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 2020
Mr. BOST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To clarify the licensure requirements for contractor medical
professionals to perform medical disability examinations
for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF LICENSURE REQUIRE-
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MENTS FOR CONTRACTOR MEDICAL PROFES-
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SIONALS TO PERFORM MEDICAL DISABILITY
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EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
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VETERANS AFFAIRS.
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Subsection (c) of section 504 of the Veterans’ Bene-
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fits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 38
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U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(c) LICENSURE OF CONTRACT HEALTH CARE PRO-
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FESSIONALS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any law
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regarding the licensure of health care professionals,
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a health care professional described in paragraph (2)
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may conduct an examination pursuant to a contract
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entered into under subsection (a) at any location in
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any State, the District of Columbia, or a Common-
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wealth, territory, or possession of the United States,
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so long as the examination is within the scope of the
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authorized duties under such contract.
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‘‘(2)
HEALTH
CARE
PROFESSIONAL
DE-
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SCRIBED.—A health care professional described in
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this paragraph is a physician, physician assistant,
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nurse practitioner, audiologist, or psychologist,
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who—
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‘‘(A) has a current unrestricted license to
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practice the health care profession of the physi-
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cian, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, au-
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diologist, or psychologist, as the case may be;
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‘‘(B) is not barred from practicing such
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health care profession in any State, the District
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of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or
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possession of the United States; and
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‘‘(C) is performing authorized duties for
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the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to
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a contract entered into under subsection (a).’’.
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