119-hr3489

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3489 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3489

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the requirements for 
 appointment, qualifications, and pay for therapeutic and diagnostic 
medical physicists of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 19, 2025

Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick (for herself and Mr. Ciscomani) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
 Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the requirements for 
 appointment, qualifications, and pay for therapeutic and diagnostic 
medical physicists of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Physicist Pay Cap Relief Act''.

SEC. 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, diagnostic 
medical physicists,'' after ``physician assistants,''.

    (b) Qualifications.--

Section 7402

    (b) of such title is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraph

    (14) as paragraph

    (16) ; and

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (13) the following new 
 paragraphs:
 ``

    (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.
 ``

    (15) Diagnostic Medical Physicist.--To be eligible to be 
appointed to a diagnostic medical physicist position, a person must--
 ``
        (A) have completed a post-graduate clinical training 
 program in diagnostic medical physics satisfactory to the 
 Secretary; and
 ``
        (B) be board certified in the field of diagnostic medical 
 physics by a certifying body approved by the Secretary.''.
            (c) Grade.--

Section 7404 of such title is amended--

    (1) by inserting ``therapeutic medical physicist, 
 diagnostic medical physicist,'' after ``podiatrist

    (dpm) ,''; 
 and

    (2) by inserting after ``Podiatrist grade.'' the following:
 ``Therapeutic medical physicist grade.
 ``Diagnostic medical physicist grade.''.
            (d) Personnel Administration.--

Section 7421

    (b) of such title is 
amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraph

    (9) as paragraph

    (11) ; and

    (2) by inserting, after paragraph

    (8) , the following new 
 paragraphs:
 ``

    (9) Therapeutic medical physicists.
 ``

    (10) Diagnostic medical physicists.''.

    (e) Pay.--

    (1) In general.--

Section 7431 of such title is amended--
        (A) by inserting ``, Therapeutic Medical Physicist, 
 Diagnostic Medical Physicist'' before ``, and Dentist 
 Base'' each place it appears;
        (B) by inserting ``therapeutic medical physicist, 
 diagnostic medical physicist,'' after ``podiatrist,'' 
 each place it appears;
            (C) by inserting ``therapeutic medical physicists, 
 diagnostic medical physicists,'' after ``podiatrists,'' 
 each place it appears; and
            (D) in subsection

    (e)

    (1)
        (A) , by inserting ``, 
 therapeutic medical physicists, diagnostic medical 
 physicists,'' after ``podiatrists''.

    (2) Administrative matters.--

Section 7433 of such title is 
 amended by inserting ``therapeutic medical physicists, 
 diagnostic 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, DIAGNOSTIC 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, diagnostic medical physicists, and dentists''.

    (f) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report on the amendments made by this section. Such 
report shall include the following:

    (1) 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 Affairs.

    (2) The effects on therapeutic medical physicists and 
 diagnostic medical physicists who provide care pursuant to an 
 agreement with the Secretary.

    (3) Any change to costs to the Department.
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