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priority for PVA which is why we advocated for the passage of the Veterans AUTO and Education Improvement Act P L 117 333 This life changing legislation authorized the VA to issue a second auto grant to an eligible...veterans eligible for this benefit The Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation ASSIST Act S 1726 seeks to address this by amending 38 U S C 1701 6 to give the department greater flexibility...independence Because of these accessibility concerns PVA strongly supports the Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act S 1644 VA s Home Improvements and Structural Alterations HISA grant is intended to help veterans and...
now provide the VA s views on the four bills on today s agenda S 1644 Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act Summary Section 2 a of this bill would amend 38 U S C 1717 to increase the amount available to eligible...estimate for this bill S 1726 Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025 ASSIST Act of 2025 Summary Section 2 of this bill would amend 38 U S C 1701 6 I which generally defines...statutory language which was enacted in section 22 of the Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act 7 of 11 of 2022 P L 117 333 VA s concern is that the current statutory language is too narrow and does...
Department of Defense DoD by converting federal entitlements into tangible outcomes on the ground where SVA acts as VA force multiplier alongside VSOC SCOs and campus veteran centers supporting the GI Bill s role...skills in corporate America 8 This isn t an unnoticed phenomenon S 2494 the Hire Student Veterans Act was recently introduced which would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity...supports legislation such as S 2673 the Medic Education and Deployment Into Civilian MEDIC Careers Act of 2025 which advances similar public private pathways that prepare veterans for critical healthcare...
John Bartrum VA Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration Mark Engelbaum and VHA Acting Chief Operating Officer Gregory Goins Let me start by addressing some misleading and inaccurate descriptions...all kinds of scary stories saying this is bad for VA but I want to emphasize again we are simply acting on more than a decade of advice from people and organizations who study this for a living and have...
honor 4 LOVE LIVES ON ACT OF 2025 S 410 TAPS Strongly Supports TAPS is honored to work with members of this committee to pass one of our top legislative priorities the Love Lives On Act of 2025 S 410 This...to remarry at any age and retain their benefits TAPS is leading efforts to pass the Love Lives On Act of 2025 which is supported by over 50 veteran and military organizations TAPS spearheaded a letter...section V of the Love Lives on Act of 2023 which expands commissary and exchange benefits to remarried surviving spouses in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act and we appreciate the House...
would like to thank you for the opportunity to speak on these subjects S 124 Restore VA Accountability Act The VFW has previously supported legislation that would streamline authorities to suspend demote or...action We also supported the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 Public Law 115 41 because we had seen examples of VA s inability to hold certain employees...survivors are not fired arbitrarily from their crucial roles S 201 Aviator Cancers Examination Study ACES Act The VFW supports this legislation and its VA brokered study by the National Academies of Sciences Engineering...
is the mandatory use of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale C SSRS for entry This tool has acted less as a bridge to care and more as a barrier Veterans with prior traumatic experiences in healthcare...Performance Metrics OKVU vs Traditional VA Outreach Event Type Avg Attendance Engagement Quality Notes VA PACT Act Claims Clinics 30 50 Veterans Low engagement few follow ups Often more vendors than veterans in...the VA system In areas with long clinical wait times or limited transport options the LPC LCSW could act as an early point of support allowing a veteran to begin the healing process immediately while awaiting...
Alabama 36 GUEST Hon Mark R Warner U S Senator from Virginia 4 WITNESSES Panel I Thomas O Toole MD Acting Assistant Under Secretary of Health for Clinical Services and Deputy Chief Medical Officer Veterans...Co Founder Minority Veterans of America 34 Page IV APPENDIX PREPARED STATEMENTS Thomas O Toole MD Acting Assistant Under Secretary of Health for Clinical Services and Deputy Chief Medical Officer Veterans...being Nearly 5 years ago the Commander John Scott Hannon Vet erans Mental Health Care Improvement Act was signed into law I led the introduction of this legislation with the help and support of many of...
Veterans Mental Health Care Bill Veterans Health Healthcare Im provement Act that I did with Senator Moran and the STRONG Veterans Act of 2022 These laws have helped the VA s mental health workforce and programs...the Not Just a Number Act to require the De partment to provide a more fully picture of the factors contributing to veterans suicide 2 By making the Community Care for Veterans Act would also strengthen...VA has made progress we still have work to do The VA has been too slow in implementing the Hannon Act Telehealth Grants that would improve rural veterans access to mental health care by in creasing the...
Imagine what more we could learn and act upon if non health data was examined regularly and transparently shared We must support legislation like the Not Just A Number Act to bring all the data the VA has...
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