Health Professionals Scholarship Program Improvement Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3767 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3767

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a time frame for 
the employment in the Department of Veterans Affairs of participants in 
 the Health Professionals Scholarship Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2025

 Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself and Ms. Budzinski) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a time frame for 
the employment in the Department of Veterans Affairs of participants in 
 the Health Professionals Scholarship Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Professionals Scholarship 
Program Improvement Act of 2025'' or the ``HPSP Improvement Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. TIME FRAME FOR EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS IN DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SCHOLARSHIP 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 7616 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Not later than 90 days after the course completion date of a 
participant in the Scholarship Program, the Secretary shall ensure that 
the participant receives a contract for employment in the full-time 
clinical practice of such participant's profession at a Department 
facility with the highest need, as determined by the Secretary. Such 
contract shall include a competitive salary and benefits package 
consistent with the employment standards of the Department.''.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until 
        the termination date specified in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
        of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' 
        Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on 
        the implementation of subsection (d) of section 7616 of title 
        38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
            (2) Termination date.--The termination date specified in 
        this paragraph is September 30, 2027.
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