,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #d1  
#bjbf,mr4 ,kaine 7for himself and ,mr4  
,boozman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to codify the            
requirements for appointment1           
qualifications1 and pay for therapeutic 
medical physicists of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs ,therapeutic ,medical
 ,physicist ,pay ,cap ,relief ,act of   
#bjbf4  #b4 ,treatment of therapeutic   
medical physicists of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,appointment   
,section #gdja7a7 of title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
therapeutic medical physicists1         
diagnostic medical physicists1 after    
physician assistants14  7b7             

,qualifications ,section #gdjb7;b7 of   
such title is amended-- 7#a7 by         
redesignating paragraph 7#ad7 as        
paragraph 7#af72 and  7#b7 by inserting 
after paragraph 7#ac7 the following new 
paragraphs3  7#ad7 ,therapeutic medical 
physicist ,to be eligible to be         
appointed to a therapeutic medical      
physicist position1 a person must-- 7,a7
 have completed a post-graduate clinical
 training program in therapeutic medical
 physics satisfactory to the ,secretary2
 and  7,b7 be board certified in the    
field of therapeutic medical physics by 
a certifying body approved by the       
,secretary4  7#ae7 ,diagnostic medical  
physicist ,to be eligible to be         
appointed to a diagnostic medical       
physicist position1 a person must--     
7,a7 have completed a post-graduate     
clinical training program in diagnostic 
medical physics satisfactory to the     
,secretary2 and  7,b7 be board certified
 in the field of diagnostic medical     
physics by a certifying body approved by

 the ,secretary4  4  7c7 ,grade ,section
 #gdjd7;b7 of such title is amended--   
7#a7 by inserting ,,therapeutic         
,,medical ,,physicist1 ,,diagnostic     
,,medical ,,physicist1 after            
,,podiatrist 7,,dpm712 and  7#b7 by     
inserting after ,podiatrist grade       
optometrist grade4 the following3       
,therapeutic medical physicist          
grade4,diagnostic medical physicist     
grade4 4  7d7 ,personnel administration 
,section #gdba7;b7 of such title is     
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#i7 as paragraph 7#aa72 and  
7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#h7  
the following new paragraphs3  7#i7     
,therapeutic medical physicists4  7#aj7 
,diagnostic medical physicists4  4  7e7 
,pay  7#a7 ,in general ,section #gdca of
 such title is amended-- 7,a7 by        
inserting 1 ,therapeutic ,medical       
,physicist1 ,diagnostic ,medical        
,physicist before 1 and ,dentist ,base  
each place it appears2  7,b7 by         
inserting therapeutic medical physicist1

 diagnostic medical physicist1 after    
podiatrist1 each place it appears2  7,c7
 by inserting therapeutic medical       
physicists1 diagnostic medical          
physicists1 after podiatrists1 each     
place it appears2 and  7,d7 in          
subsection 7e77#a77;,a71 by inserting 1 
therapeutic medical physicists1         
diagnostic medical physicists1 after    
podiatrists4  7#b7 ,administrative      
matters ,section #gdcc of such title is 
amended by inserting therapeutic medical
 physicists1 diagnostic medical         
physicists1 after podiatrists1 each     
place it appears4  7#c7 ,conforming     
amendment ,the heading of subchapter    
,,iii of chapter #gd of such title is   
amended by inserting ,therapeutic       
,medical ,physicists1 ,diagnostic       
,medical ,physicists after              
,podiatrists14  7#d7 ,clerical amendment
 ,the table of sections at the beginning
 of chapter #gd of such title is amended
 by striking the item relating to       
subchapter ,,iii and inserting the      

following new item3  ,subchapter        
,,iii--,pay for ,physicians1            
,podiatrists1 ,therapeutic ,medical     
,physicists1 ,diagnostic ,medical       
,physicists1 and ,dentists  4  7f7      
,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later    
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall submit to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,senate and the ,committee on      
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives a report on the        
amendments made by this section4  7#b7  
,elements ,the report required by       
paragraph 7#a7 shall include an         
assessment of the following3 7,a7 ,the  
effects of an increase in pay for       
therapeutic medical physicists and      
diagnostic medical physicists employed  
on a full-time basis within the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7,b7
 ,the effects on therapeutic medical    
physicists and diagnostic medical       
physicists who provide care pursuant to 

an agreement with the ,secretary4  7,c7 
,any change to costs to the ,department4