Ensure veterans can use VA benefits at another facility or support system when VA care is not nearby.

Mike Bost · Illinois · Republican

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Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Provide funding through the Take Care of America's Veterans Act for alternative facilities or support systems that accept veterans' VA benefits.. Promised outcome: Veterans in communities without nearby VA facilities would be able to receive needed help through another facility or support system that accepts VA benefits.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Bost's statement as chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee about addressing mental health service shortages for veterans.

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In those communities, House Republicans are focused on bridging the gap by ensuring that when a VA is not right up the road – there’s another facility – or support system – that will accept a veterans’ VA benefits and get them the help they need. The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act would provide the funding to allow us to do exactly that in communities where veterans and their families live.

Bost said House Republicans are focused on ensuring veterans without nearby VA facilities can use VA benefits at another facility or support system, with the Take Care of America's Veterans Act providing funding for that goal.

VA Report Underscores Need for Expanded Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans | House Committee on Veterans Affairs
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“There is established a program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services to covered veterans through health care providers specified in subsection (c).”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted VA MISSION Act created the Veterans Community Care Program, which lets eligible veterans receive VA-covered care through non-VA providers under statutory conditions.

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PLAW-115publ182.pdf
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“Status: Passed” “Bost | Bost | Republican | IL | Aye”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Bost voted aye on House passage of S. 2372, the vehicle that became Public Law 115-182, supporting enactment of the community-care framework.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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