S. 3203 — Introduced in Senate

II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3203 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2020Mr. Kaine (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the requirements for appointment, qualifications, and pay for therapeutic medical physicists of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Therapeutic Medical Physicist Pay Cap Relief Act. 2. Treatment of therapeutic medical physicists of the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Appointment Section 7401(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting therapeutic medical physicists, after physician assistants,. (b) Qualifications Section 7402(b) of such title is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (15); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following new paragraph (14): (14) Therapeutic medical physicist To be eligible to be appointed to a therapeutic medical physicist position, a person must— (A) have completed a post-graduate clinical training program in therapeutic medical physics satisfactory to the Secretary; and (B) be board certified in the field of therapeutic medical physics by a certifying body approved by the Secretary. . (c) Grade The list in section 7404(b) of such title is amended— (1) by inserting THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSICIST, after PODIATRIST,; and (2) by inserting after the item relating to Podiatrist grade. the following new item: Therapeutic Medical Physicist Grade. . (d) Personnel administration Section 7421(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (9) Therapeutic medical physicists. . (e) Pay (1) In general Section 7431 of such title is amended— (A) by inserting therapeutic medical physicist, after podiatrist, each place it appears; (B) by inserting therapeutic medical physicists, after podiatrists, each place it appears; (C) by inserting Therapeutic Medical Physicist, after Podiatrist, each place it appears; and (D) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by inserting , therapeutic medical physicists, after podiatrists. (2) Administrative matters Section 7433 of such title is amended by inserting therapeutic medical physicists, after podiatrists, each place it appears. (3) Conforming amendment The heading of subchapter III of chapter 74 of such title is amended by inserting Therapeutic Medical Physicists, after Podiatrists,. (4) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter III and inserting the following new item: Subchapter III—Pay for Physicians, Podiatrists, Therapeutic Medical Physicists, and Dentists .