Hearings

Pending Health Care Legislation 052108

May 21, 2008 09:30 AM Russell Senate Office Building SR-418

Agenda

Legislative Agenda

S. 2273 (Akaka, by request) Enhanced Opportunities for Formerly Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act of 2007

S. 2377 (Durbin) A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the quality of care provided to veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, to encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities, and for other purposes.

S. 2383 (Klobuchar) A bill to require a pilot program on the mobile provision of care and services for veterans in rural areas by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

S. 2573 (Burr) Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act

S. 2639 (Johnson)  Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act

S. 2796 (Akaka)  Community-Based Organization Pilot Programs

S. 2797 (Akaka, by request) Construction Authorization

S. 2799 (Murray)  Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008

S. 2824 (Rockefeller) A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs

S. 2889 (Akaka, by request)  Veterans Health Care Act of 2008, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

S. 2899 (Harkin-Feingold) A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on suicides among veterans

S. 2921 (Clinton) Caring for Wounded Warriors Act of 2008


S. 2926 (Akaka) Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act of 2008

S. 2937 (Tester) A bill to provide permanent treatment authority for participants in Department of Defense chemical and biological testing conducted by Deseret Test Center and an expanded study of the health impact of Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense, and for other purposes.

S. 2963 (Bond) A bill to improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes

S. 2969 (Akaka) Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008

S. 2984 (Akaka, by request) Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2008, Title III

Member Statements

Testimony

  • Mr. Carl Blake

    National Legislative Director
    Paralyzed Veterans of America
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  • Ms. Joy J. Ilem

    National Legislative Director
    Disabled American Veterans
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  • J. David Cox, R.N.

    AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Government Employees
    AFL-CIO
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  • Christopher Needham

    Senior Legislative Associate, National Legislative Service
    Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
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  • Thomas J. Berger, Ph.D.

    Chair, National PTSD & Substance Abuse Committee
    Testifying on behalf of Vietnam Veterans of America
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  • Gerald M. Cross, MD

    Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs
    Accompanied by: Walter Hall, Assistant General Counsel; Kathryn Enchelmayer, Director, Quality Standards, Office of Quality and Performance, Veterans Health Administration
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  • Walter Hall

    Assistant General Counsel
    Accompanying: Gerald M. Cross

  • Donna McCartney

    Chair of the National Association of Veterans' Research and Education Foundations and
    Executive Director of the Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education
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  • Sally Satel, M.D.

    Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
    Lecturer, Yale University School of Medicine
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  • Cecilia McVey, MHA, RN

    Former President
    Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
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  • Kathryn Enchelmayer

    Director, Quality Standards, Office of Quality and Performance, Veterans Health Administration
    Accompanying: Gerald M. Cross

  • Joseph L. Wilson

    Deputy Director Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission
    The American Legion
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  • Stan Luke, PhD

    Vice President for Programs
    Helping Hands Hawaii
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