Sec. 735. PILOT PROGRAM ON EARNING BY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES MEDICS OF CREDIT TOWARD A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT DEGREE
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## SEC. 735 PILOT PROGRAM ON EARNING BY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES MEDICS OF CREDIT TOWARD A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT DEGREE **[**[10 U.S.C. 2015 note](/us/usc/t10/s2015)**]** ###
(a)In General The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs may conduct a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of partnerships between special operations forces and institutions of higher education, and health care systems if determined appropriate by the Assistant Secretary for purposes of the pilot program, through which special operations forces medics earn credit toward the master’s degree of physician assistant for military operational work and training performed by the medics. ###
(b)Duration The Assistant Secretary shall conduct the pilot program for a period not to exceed five years. ###
(c)Clinical Training Partnerships under subsection
(a)shall permit medics participating in the pilot program to conduct clinical training at medical facilities of the Department of Defense and the civilian sector. ###
(d)Evaluation The evaluation of work and training performed by medics for which credits are earned under the pilot program shall comply with civilian clinical evaluation standards applicable to the awarding of the master’s degree of physician assistant. ###
(e)Reports ####
(1)Initial report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the pilot program that shall include the following: #####
(A)A comprehensive framework for the military education to be provided to special operations forces medics under the pilot program, including courses of instruction at institutions of higher education and any health care systems participating in the pilot program. #####
(B)Metrics to be used to assess the effectiveness of the pilot program. #####
(C)A description of the mechanisms to be used by the Department, medics, or both to cover the costs of education received by medics under the pilot program through institutions of higher education or health care systems, including payment by the Department in return for a military service commitment, tuition or other educational assistance by the Department, use by medics of post-9/11 educational assistance available through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and any other mechanisms the Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of the pilot program. ####
(2)Final report Not later than 180 days after completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the committees of Congress referred to in paragraph
(1)a final report on the pilot program. The report shall include the following: #####
(A)An evaluation of the pilot program using the metrics of assessment set forth pursuant to paragraph (1)(B). #####
(B)An assessment of the utility of the funding mechanisms set forth pursuant to paragraph (1)(C). #####
(C)An assessment of the effects of the pilot program on recruitment and retention of medics for special operations forces. #####
(D)An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of extending one or more authorities for joint professional military education under chapter 107 of title 10, United States Code, to warrant officers or enlisted personnel, and if the Secretary considers the extension of any such authorities feasible and advisable, recommendations for legislative or administrative action to so extend such authorities. ###
(f)Construction of Authorities Nothing in this section may be construed to— ####
(1)authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to create, endorse, or otherwise incentivize a particular curriculum or degree track; or ####
(2)require, direct, review, or control a State or educational institution, or the instructional content, curriculum, and related activities of a State or educational institution.
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PILOT PROGRAM ON EARNING BY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES MEDICS OF CREDIT TOWARD A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT DEGREE
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