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Veterans Affairs SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIR VETERANS MEDICAL PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACT OF 2008 Testimony Submitted By Cecilia McVey MHA RN Former President Nurses Organization of Veterans...you for inviting us to present testimony on the Veterans Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 I am Cecilia McVey BSN MHA RN Associate Director for Patient Care Nursing at the VA Boston...today are greater than ever NOVA supports the Veterans Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 based on the following rationale Waiver of offset from pay for certain reemployed annuitants...
important bills S 2273 Enhanced Opportunities for Formerly Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act of 2007 S 2273 would authorize VA to conduct two five year pilot grant programs under which public...recommendation on the amounts will be provided to the Committee shortly S 2889 Veterans Health Care Act of 2008 Mr Chairman you have asked us to testify on sections 2 3 4 5 and 6 of S 2889 Section 2 would...savings of 9 025 000 in FY 2009 and 108 858 000 over ten years S 2984 Veterans Benefits Enhancement Act of 2008 This bill includes several important program authority extensions including VA s mandate to...
Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act PVA supports S 2273 the Enhanced Opportunities for Formerly Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act Homelessness has proven to be a major problem...life once again S 2377 the Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act PVA supports S 2377 the Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act We certainly appreciate the underlying intent of this bill which...2573 the Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act While PVA understands the concepts outlined in S 2573 the Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act we oppose this proposed legislation We believe that...
the 3rd Marine Division 1966 68 in I Corps Vietnam S 2573 the Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act Obviously there is a range of issues to be considered here today but VVA wishes to start by focusing...service S 2273 The Enhanced Opportunities for Formerly Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act of 2007 VVA strongly supports this legislation The crux of the problem with transitional housing for...enacted and implemented as quickly as possible S 2639 The Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act Americans have long held that health care for veterans is a national obligation part of the covenant...
VFW supports the Enhanced Opportunities for Formerly Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act This legislation would authorize the VA secretary to create a pilot program to provide grants to a...outreach to them is clearly the right thing to do S 2377 the Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act The VFW offers our support to this important bill which aims to improve the quality of health care...tackling these difficult issues the VFW does not support the Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act The aim of the bill is to incentivize treatment for veterans suffering from PTSD and other mental health...
highlight a few of the bills on our agenda The Veterans Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 is based on extensive Committee oversight including our recent hearing on personnel issues...
issues S 2273 Enhanced Opportunities for Formerly Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act of 2007 This bill seeks to enhance the functioning and integration of formerly homeless veterans who...Opportunities for Formerly Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act of 2007 S 2377 Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act This bill seeks to amend title 38 United States Code by improving the...and privileging processes The American Legion supports the Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act S 2383 Mobile Support for Rural Veterans Program This bill seeks to implement a pilot program on the...
competitive transparent and equitable S 2969 Veterans Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 We greatly appreciate Chairman Akaka s comprehensive effort to address VA nurse recruitment...employees as having the same collective bargaining rights when it enacted the Civil Service Reform Act CSRA in 1978 Congress enacted Section 7422 in direct response to a 1988 federal appeals court decision...away from the VA s mission of caring for veterans S 2639 Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act AFGE supports S 2639 to fund VA health care through mandatory rather than discretionary appropriations...
Veterans Affairs Regarding S 2926 The Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act of 2008 Presented by Donna McCartney Chair of the National Association of Veterans Research and Education...NAVREF in regard to S 2926 the Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act of 2008 NAVREF is the membership organization of the 85 VA affiliated nonprofit research and education...reimburse NPCs for the salary and benefits of NPC employees loaned to VA under Intergovernmental Personnel Act IPA assignments conducted in accordance with section 3371 of title 5 United States Code This provision...
the wounded warrior provisions we enacted last year as part of the National Defense Authorization Act Those provisions are the product of unprecedented work between the Senate Committees on Armed Services...
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