Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 2023 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Training, recruitment, and retention of health care employees Sec. 101. Payment of licensure exam costs for recipients of scholarships from Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 102. Improvement of workforce training and team models to meet the needs of older veterans.
Sec. 103. Study on improving recruitment and retention at community living centers of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 104. Limitation on detail of directors of medical centers of Department of Veterans Affairs to different positions. TITLE II—Accountability, oversight, and personnel matters Subtitle A—Matters relating to pay Sec. 201. Modification of pay limitation for physicians, podiatrists, optometrists, and dentists of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 202. Increased pay cap for directors of medical centers and Veterans Integrated Service Networks of Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 203. Waiver of pay limitation for employees of the Veterans Health Administration performing mission critical work. Sec. 204. Increase of maximum amount of incentive pay for Department pharmacist executives. Sec. 205. Modification of special pay authority for nurse executives. Subtitle B—Improvement of recruitment and hiring Sec. 211. Oversight of direct hire authority and hiring flexibility of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 212. Waiver of certain licensure requirements.
Subtitle C—Other personnel matters Sec. 221. Role of optometrists in Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 222. Expansion of annual leave options for employees of Department of Veterans Affairs during public health emergency. Sec. 223. Expansion of reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses. Sec. 224. Inclusion of police officers of Department of Veterans Affairs as law enforcement officers. Sec. 225. Department of Veterans Affairs personnel transparency. Sec. 226.
Comptroller General report assessing human resources modernization within Veterans Health Administration.