# 114-hr-5501: Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act

114-hr-5501, Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5501
- Congress: 114
- Title: Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2016-06-16
- Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to offer a contingent physician's appointment to a person who, upon completion of a post-graduate training program, completes a residency program within two years after the VA offer. Eligibility requirements for a VA physician's appointment, including a contingency appointment, are revised to require completion of a residency program rather than an internship. The VA shall ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network visits, at least annually, each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the Network to recruit individuals for the Veterans Health Administration.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2016-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2016-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-3268: PAST Act
- 114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015
- 114-hr-5980: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
- 114-hr-3870: Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
- 114-hr-3119: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5501 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5501)

## Related
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
- [114-hr-3268: PAST Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3268)
- [114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2737)
- [114-hr-5980: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5980)
- [114-hr-3870: Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3870)
- [114-hr-3119: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3119)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5501 (as of 2025-11-18).