Hearing: "Draft legislation to establish a permanent Veterans Choice Program; Draft legislation to modify VA’s authority to enter into agreements with State homes to provide nursing home care to veterans, to direct the Secretary to carry out a program to increase the number of graduate medical education residency positions, and for other purposes; Draft legislation, to direct VA to conduct a study of the Veterans Crisis Line; Draft legislation, to direct VA to furnish mental health care to veterans at community or non-profit mental health providers participating in the Veterans Choice Program; the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) legislative proposal, the Veteran Coordinated Access and Rewarding Experiences (CARE) Act; H.R. 1133; H.R. 2123; H.R. 2601; and, H.R. 3642"

Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 (10:00 AM)

334 CHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

The Honorable Jim Banks
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Rep. Banks [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

The Honorable Andy Barr
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Rep. Barr [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

The Honorable John R. Carter
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Rep. Carter [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

The Honorable Neal P. Dunn
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Rep. Dunn [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

The Honorable Mike Gallagher
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Rep. Gallagher [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

The Honorable Glenn Thompson
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Rep. Thompson [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

Panel two

Carolyn Clancy, MD
Executive in Charge, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Biography - Clancy [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

The Honorable The Honorable David J. Shulkin, M.D.
Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Shulkin [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Biography - Shulkin [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

Laurie Zephyrin M.D., MPH, MBA
Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Community Care, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

Panel three

Adrian M. Atizado
Deputy National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Atizado [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:58 PM
  • Witness Disclosure - Atizado [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Biography - Atizado [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

Roscoe G. Butler
Deputy Director for Health Care, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Division, The American Legion

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Butler [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 02:07 PM
  • Witness Disclosure - Butler [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Biography - Butler [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

Kayda Keleher
Associate Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Testimony - Keleher [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Disclosure - Keleher [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Witness Biography - Keleher [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM

Text of Legislation

  • DRAFT to direct VA to furnish MH care to veterans at community or non-profit MH providers participating in Choice [PDF] Added 10/20/2017 at 10:04 AM
  • DRAFT, to direct VA to conduct a study of the VCL [PDF] Added 10/20/2017 at 10:04 AM
  • Draft bill to establish VA Care in the Community Program [PDF] Added 10/23/2017 at 02:43 PM
  • H.R. 2601 [PDF] Added 10/23/2017 at 06:34 PM
  • H.R. 1133 [PDF] Added 10/23/2017 at 06:34 PM
  • H.R. 2123 [PDF] Added 10/23/2017 at 06:34 PM
  • H.R. 3642 [PDF] Added 10/23/2017 at 06:34 PM
  • Draft Bill to modify VA's authority to enter into agreements with the Sate Homes and for other purposes [PDF] Added 10/23/2017 at 06:34 PM
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs legislative proposal, the Veteran Coordinated Access and Rewarding Experiences (CARE) Act [PDF] Added 10/23/2017 at 06:34 PM

Support Documents

  • Statement for the Record- American Medical Association [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - American Federation of Government Employees, AFL- CIO [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM Updated 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - American Health Care Association [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - American Veterans [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Concerned Veterans for America [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Fleet Reserve Association [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Got Your Six [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement the Record - Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Military Officers Association of America [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - National Guard Association of the United States [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - NOVA and Affiliated Organizations [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Paralyzed Veterans of America [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - University of Pittsburgh [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Wounded Warrior Project [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - National Alliance on Mental Illness [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Health IT Now [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Military Order of the Purple Heart [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Vietnam Veterans of America [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Reserve Officers Association [PDF] Added 10/24/2017 at 01:53 PM
  • Statement for the Record - The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [PDF] Added 10/25/2017 at 04:02 PM
  • Statement for the Record - University of California, Riverside School of Medicine [PDF] Added 10/25/2017 at 04:02 PM
  • Statement for the Record - Association of VA Psychologist Leaders et.al. [PDF] Added 10/27/2017 at 11:20 AM
  • Statement for the Record - JAMA Survivability Study [PDF] Added 10/31/2017 at 10:33 AM
  • Statement for the Record - American Society of Transplant Surgeons, et. al [PDF] Added 11/01/2017 at 09:50 AM
  • Statement for the Record - National Indian Health Board [PDF] Added 11/03/2017 at 09:56 AM

Hearing Record

  • Witness List [PDF] Added 10/23/2017 at 12:29 PM
  • Final Printed Hearing [PDF] Added 03/11/2019 at 01:26 PM

First Published: October 13, 2017 at 04:33 PM
Last Updated: March 11, 2019 at 01:27 PM