,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gca #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #hjeb
 ,report ,no4 #aai-hcd ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march  
#bd1 #bjbf,mrs4 ,kiggans of ,virginia   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,september #bd1    
#bjbf,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,march #bd1 #bjbf 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to require that a sterile
 processing technician of the ,veterans 
,health ,administration holds an        
appropriate professional certification1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,veteran ,infection ,prevention ,act4   
#b4 ,temporary professional             

certification requirement for sterile   
processing technicians of the ,veterans 
,health ,administration  7a7            
,requirement ,to be eligible to be      
appointed to a sterile processing       
technician position 7except for such a  
position that the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs determines is entry  
level71 a person must be certified as a 
sterile processing technician by an     
accredited institution engaged in       
providing sterile processing technician 
training not later than two years after 
such an appointment4  7b7 ,current      
employees  7#a7 ,applicability          
,subsection 7a7 shall apply to a covered
 employee on the day that is #ah months 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  7#b7 ,employee ,incentive        
,scholarship ,program  7,a7 ,requirement
 ,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs  
shall award to a covered employee a     
scholarship under subchapter ,,vi of    
chapter #gf of title #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 for certification        

described in section #gdjb7;b77#ad7 of  
such title1 as amended by subsection    
7a74  7,b7 ,period of obligated service 
,notwithstanding section #gfgb7;e7 of   
such title1 the period of obligated     
service of a covered employee awarded a 
scholarship pursuant to subparagraph    
7,a7 shall be a period of one day       
beginning on the day that the covered   
employee receives such certification4   
7#c7 ,covered employee defined ,in this 
subsection1 the term covered employee   
means a person-- 7,a7 occupying a       
sterile processing technician position  
in the ,veterans ,health ,administration
 on the date of the enactment of this   
,act2 and  7,b7 who1 on such date1 is   
not certified as a sterile processing   
technician by an accredited institution 
engaged in providing sterile processing 
technician training4  7c7 ,termination  
,this section shall have no effect after
 ,september #cj1 #bjbh4  #c4 ,extension 
of certain limits on payments of pension
 ,section #eejc7;d77#g7 of title #ch1   

,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking ,january #ca1 #bjcc and        
inserting ,september #cj1 #bjcd4        
,september #bd1 #bjbf,reported with an  
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed