Sec. 243. Revival of Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program of Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall revive the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs that was carried out by the Secretary between January 2013 and February 2014. The Secretary shall select not fewer than 72 intermediate care technicians to participate in the pilot program. Any intermediate care technician hired pursuant to paragraph
(1)may be assigned to a medical facility of the Department as determined by the Secretary for purposes of this section. In assigning intermediate care technicians under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to facilities at which veterans have the longest wait times for appointments for the receipt of hospital care or medical services from the Department, as determined by the Secretary for purposes of this section. The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program under subsection
(a)during the three-year period beginning on the effective date specified in subsection (e). In this section, the terms hospital care and medical services have the meanings given those terms in section 1701 of title 38, United States Code. This section shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.