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Provision of data on educational assistance programs of Veterans Health Administration

Title VI: Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers · Subtitle C: Staffing Matters

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The Department of Veterans Affairs must provide Congress with detailed information about its educational assistance programs for health professionals, including participant numbers, funding, completion rates, and outreach efforts. This data must be updated at least once a year and can be included in other required reports. The first report must also include an update on a specific pilot program related to these educational efforts.

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(a) In general

Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives data on graduate medical education programs, health profession scholarship programs, and any other educational assistance programs within the Veterans Health Administration.

(b) Elements

The data required to be provided under subsection (a) shall include, for each program, the following:

(1)

The number of active participants, broken down by position or expected future position or licensure.

(2)

The amount of funds spent each fiscal year.

(3)

The number of participants who have completed their education and are currently completing their service requirements at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(4)

The number of participants who were previously active in the program but left the program before completing their education or service requirement during the year preceding the date on which the data is provided.

(5)

An overview of outreach by the Department to prospective participants in the program.

(6)

Such other information as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(c) Update and submittal of data

The data required to be provided under subsection (a)—

(1)

shall be updated not less frequently than annually; and

(2)

may be submitted to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives as part of another report required by law.

(d) Initial data

With the first iteration of data provided under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of the pilot program under section 246 of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division J of Public Law 115–141 ; 38 U.S.C. 7601 note), including the current status of the pilot program and a timeline of the status of the pilot program since its initial implementation.