Sort by Relevance | Date

Result 1601 - 1610 of 3155
March 29, 2022
Home Chairman Majority News Moran As We Work to Improve the PACT Act I Again Call on the House to Pass the Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act Tuesday March 29 2022 WASHINGTON U S Senator Jerry Moran Kan...Toxics Act of 2021 Sen Tester and I are working together to create a fair transparent and responsive process for toxic exposed veterans beginning with the Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act which unanimously...send us the bill we will be reviewing today the PACT Act continued Sen Moran While the PACT Act includes the critical Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act signaling broad support for the legislation it...
June 26, 2024
liver transplant It also continues to be critical to supporting toxic exposed veterans under the PACT Act improving women veterans health and mental health care The Department frequently highlights VA clinicians...championed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act and provisions of the STRONG Veterans Act to expand research on veterans mental health conditions and treatment especially...
June 14, 2024
Veterans Eligibility for Benefits Using Tester s PACT Act VA adds three new cancers to its presumptive conditions list using new framework from the PACT Act Friday June 14 2024 U S Senate Leveraging authorities...authorities granted to it by Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester s PACT Act the Department of Veterans Affairs VA today added three new cancer types to its list of service connected disabilities...was done under Tester s PACT Act which created a framework that enables VA to further expand presumptive service connection benefits for toxic exposed veterans Prior to the PACT Act VA s ability to establish...
by the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics PACT Act to evaluate the impact of radiation exposure on veterans who served at Karshi Khanabad K 2 Air Base...Base Toxic exposed veterans have waited decades to receive the benefits and recognition the PACT Act provides and we appreciate VA s efforts to implement the largest expansion of VA health care and benefits...establishing additional presumptive conditions not included in the PACT Act Congress included this framework in the law because it acknowledged the PACT Act could not expand VA benefits to every incident or circumstance...
April 5, 2022
a caregiver The Reinforcing Enhanced Support through Promoting Equity for Caregivers Today RESPECT Act would amend the PCAFC to make certain mental health professionals and neurological specialists participate...assessment waiver process for caregivers of veterans with chronic or degenerative conditions The RESPECT Act would also make certain caregivers have access to valuable mental health resources in the community...the frontline The Reinforcing Enhanced Support through Promoting Equity for Caregivers Today RESPECT Act would Amend the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers PCAFC to explicitly include...
June 27, 2024
could acquire Chinese made medical supplies in circumvention of the Buy American Act of 1933 BAA and Trader Agreements Act of 1979 TAA Tester underscored the importance of VA complying with these laws writing...adversaries like China In 2021 Tester championed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act IIJA which included his Buy America rule to require that all iron steel and construction materials...
July 2, 2024
veterans find meaningful employment Program was codified by his Building Solutions for Homeless Veterans Act Tuesday July 2 2024 Big Sandy Mont U S Senator Jon Tester Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee...Reintegration Program a program made permanent under Tester s Building Solutions for Homeless Veterans Act Our veterans represent the very best of Montana and America and we ve got to be doing everything we...Veterans Reintegration Program was codified under Tester s Building Solutions for Homeless Veterans Act legislation to cut red tape on funding for organizations helping homeless veterans that became law...
HEY26332 53G COMMITTEE PRINT S L C SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE 1 This Act may be cited as the Improving Access to 2 Care for Rural Veterans Act 3 SEC 2 PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN MEDICAL FACILITIES OF 4 DEPARTMENT...waiver 9 is necessary 10 c BRIEFING Not later than 180 days after the 11 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall pro 12 vide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing 13 on the plans...mittees of Congress 6 d REPORT Not later than two years after the date 7 of the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter the 8 Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 9 Congress...
strongly encourage the VBA team to do the same Question 4 The Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 Public Law 115 55 requires significant changes to the current appeals system VBA and the Board...ensure the law is successfully implemented Response To ensure the Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2107 is successfully implemented the VBA continues to work collaboratively with the Board to reduce...and the Board will team to explore opportunities to reduce appeal under the Ap peals Modernization Act AMA If confirmed I will meet regularly with the Chair man of the Board to ensure a successful implementation...
senior leader in the Pentagon including leading the Defense Health Agency reform and eight weeks as Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs My modest military service was inspired by my ancestors I walked the...watched his agonizing recovery and that experience was on my mind when I was asked to come to VA 2 As Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs I visited five VA hospitals across the country met with the combined...culture offer world class customer service Improve access to care through implementation of the MISSION Act and transformative IT Modernization such as the Electronic Health Records Program Reduce the backlog...
Prev Next