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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4365
To clarify licensure requirements for contractor medical professionals to per-
form medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 29, 2020
Mr. BOOZMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To clarify licensure requirements for contractor medical pro-
fessionals to perform medical disability examinations for
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur-
poses.
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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