Sec. 5127. Information on certain veterans with prior medical occupations; program on intermediate care technicians of Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall update web portals of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for a method by which a veteran who served in a medical occupation while serving as a member of the Armed Forces may elect to provide the information described in paragraph (2). The information described in this paragraph is the following: Contact information for the veteran. A history of the medical experience and trained competencies of the veteran. To the extent practicable, the history of a veteran provided under paragraph (2)(B) shall include individual critical task lists specific to the military occupational specialty of the veteran that align with standard occupational codes maintained by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For purposes of facilitating civilian medical credentialing and hiring opportunities for veterans seeking to respond to a national emergency, including a public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a program to share the information described in paragraph
(2)with the following: State departments of veterans affairs. Veterans service organizations. State credentialing bodies. State homes. Other stakeholders involved in State-level credentialing, as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a program to train, certify, and employ covered veterans as intermediate care technicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may assign an intermediate care technician of the Department of Veterans Affairs trained under the program under paragraph
(1)to any medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs, giving priority to locations with a significant staffing shortage. As part of the Transition Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a communications campaign to convey to appropriate members of the Armed Forces separating from active duty opportunities for training, certification, and employment under the program under paragraph (1). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on whether the program under paragraph
(1)may be replicated for other medical positions within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify veterans service organizations and, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of opportunities for veterans under this section. In this section: The term covered veteran means a veteran whom the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines served as a basic health care technician while serving in the Armed Forces. The terms State home and veteran have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. The term veterans service organization means an organization that provides services to veterans, including organizations recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.
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Sec. 5127
Information on certain veterans with prior medical occupations; program on intermediate care technicians of Department of Veterans Affairs
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