Community Care Core Competency Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to furnish continuing medical education material to non-VA medical professionals, with the goal of: (1) increasing knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans, and (2) improving outreach to veterans and family members.
The program must include education on: (1) dealing with patients who are veterans or family members; (2) identifying and treating common mental and physical conditions of veterans and family members; and (3) the VA health care system.
The VA shall: (1) carry out such program for five years on a VA website at no cost to participating non-VA medical professionals, and (2) ensure that the program is accredited in as many states as practicable.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-08 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate |
| 2017-06-08 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |