,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #didb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bc1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,o',rourke1  
,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,hastings of         
,florida1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,ms4 ,norton1   
and ,mr4 ,ruiz7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to increase the number of
 graduate medical education residency   
positions at hospitals administered by  
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,underserved ,veterans ,access  
to ,health ,care ,act4  #b4 ,increase of
 graduate medical education residency   
positions  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#gcjb of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new subsection3  7e7  7#a7
 ,in carrying out this section1 the     
,secretary shall establish medical      
residency programs1 or ensure a         

sufficient number of residency positions
 in medical residency programs1 at      
medical facilities of the ,department   
that the ,secretary determines--  7,a7  
are experiencing a shortage of          
physicians2 and  7,b7 are located in    
communities that are designated as a    
health professional shortage area 7as   
defined in section #ccb of the ,public  
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bed;e774  7#b7 ,in carrying out        
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall--  
7,a7 determine the specialty of health  
care professionals that a location is   
experiencing a shortage of1 including   
with respect to primary care and mental 
health2  7,b7 allocate the residency    
positions under paragraph 7#a7 based on 
such determination2 and  7,c7 notify    
,congress of the information used by the
 ,secretary to make such determination4 
4  7b7 ,five-,year goal ,during the     
five-year period beginning on the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  

establish not fewer than #b1jjj graduate
 medical education residency positions  
pursuant to section #gcjb7;e7 of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 as added by 
subsection 7a74 ,in establishing such   
positions1 the ,secretary shall give    
priority to medical facilities of the   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs that--
  7#a7 as of the date of the enactment  
of this ,act1 do not have medical       
residency programs2 and  7#b7 are       
located in communities that have a high 
concentration of veterans4