Will require the VA to publish inpatient mental health care wait times every six months.

Lauren Boebert · Colorado · Republican

policy impact 0.50 specificity 0.95 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Require the VA to publish inpatient mental health care wait times every six months.. Promised outcome: Greater transparency on inpatient mental health care wait times across the VA system.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Representative for Colorado's 4th District announcing the Veterans' Mental Health Access Act on October 1, 2026.

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Evidence

verified · Source version 77581 · locator 2031

The bill establishes new policy so eligible veterans must get inpatient care for PTSD, depression, or substance abuse within 24 hours of a request or a doctor’s order, at a VA hospital or through the Veterans Community Care Program if a VA bed is not open. It also requires the VA to publish wait times every six months, which it has never done.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Boebert announced introduction of legislation matching the promise, including a six-month VA inpatient/residential mental-health wait-time publication requirement, but this is an introduced bill rather than enacted law or implemented VA publication.

unresolved same_term A for effort

REP. BOEBERT INTRODUCES VETERANS’ MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS ACT TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE INPATIENT WAIT TIMES AND ESTABLISH TRANSPARENCY | Representative Lauren Boebert
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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verified · Source version 77597 · locator 9236

VA has published average wait times for primary care, mental health, and specialty care appointments at each of its medical centers since 2014, in accordance with federal law.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): VA’s current Access to Care FAQ documents publication of average appointment wait times for mental health care, not the promised semiannual inpatient mental-health-care wait-time reporting requirement.

unresolved unknown

Frequently Asked Questions | Veterans Affairs
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 74%

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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-02 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment describes a bill that would require the VA to publish inpatient mental health wait times every six months. Verified evidence shows Boebert introduced legislation containing that requirement, which is material effort, but there is no verified evidence that the bill was enacted or that the VA implemented the promised semiannual inpatient mental-health wait-time publication. The VA FAQ evidence concerns average appointment wait times since 2014, not the specific inpatient reporting requirement. With no enacted outcome and no expired deadline, the promise remains unresolved.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%