Sec. 1836. Pilot program for hiring health care professionals
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Not later than three months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a pilot program to appoint licensed civilian health care professionals to positions within the Department of Defense. The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program under this section at not more than three military medical treatment facilities maintained under section 1073d of title 10, United States Code, to be selected by the Secretary. To be eligible for selection under this paragraph, a military medical treatment facility may not be more than 50 miles from a medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
For the purposes of appointing licensed civilian health care professionals under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall exercise the hiring authority under section 1599c(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, with respect to the appointment and pay of health care personnel under chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code. Notwithstanding subsection
(b)of such section 1599c, the authority under this paragraph shall expire on the date set forth in subsection
(d)of this section. Any Department of Defense employee who, on the date the pilot program under this section is established, is a licensed health care professional occupying a position at any military medical treatment facility selected under subsection
(a)may elect to have their appointment converted such that their position is subject to the provisions of such chapter 74 described in paragraph (1). Any individual who has applied for a position at any such a facility before the pilot program is established but who has not been appointed may, in the event of subsequent appointment, elect to not be subject to such provisions of such chapter 74 or the hiring requirements of the pilot program. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the date under subsection (d), the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on the pilot program. Each such report shall include the following information: The total number of full-time equivalent positions added under the pilot program. The average time from announcement of an available position to— the date an individual is offered employment, sorted by position; and the date an individual commences employment, sorted by position. The turnover rate for employees appointed under the pilot program. The authority to carry out the pilot program established under this section shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date Secretary establishes the pilot program under such subsection.