To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the recruitment and retention of health care providers by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SA 2786. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2763 proposed by Mr.
Kirk (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2029,
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to Congress a report on the recruitment
and retention of health care providers by the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include the
following:
(1) An identification of the ratio of veterans to health
care providers of the Department, disaggregated by State.
(2) An analysis of the workload of primary and specialty
care providers of the Department, disaggregated by State.
(3) An assessment of initiatives carried out by the
Veterans Health Administration to recruit and retain health
care providers of the Department.
(4) An assessment of the extent to which the Veterans
Health Administration oversees health care providers of the
Department.
(5) Such recommendations for improving the recruitment and
retention of health care providers of the Department as the
Comptroller General considers appropriate.

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