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Senators Press VA on Community Care, Mental‑Health Residential Access and Mortgage Relief Programs
Summary
Lawmakers asked the VA about expanding Mission Act access standards to include residential mental‑health rehabilitation, problems with third‑party administrators in community care, the end of the VA service purchase program (VASP), and calls to cap contingency fees for Camp Lejeune claimants.
Senators used the hearing to press the VA on community care implementation under the Mission Act, access to residential mental‑health treatment, problems with third‑party administrators and program changes affecting veterans' housing and claims.
Mission Act and mental‑health residential care: Senator Jerry Moran and others asked whether the VA would add mental health residential rehabilitation treatment programs to Mission Act access standards to expand community‑based access for veterans at risk of suicide. Secretary Collins told the committee that this change was under…
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