Protecting Veteran Community Care Act expands access to mental health and substance-use services for veterans.
The Protecting Veteran Community Care Act aims to expand access to mental health and substance-use services for veterans through the Veterans Community Care Program. It ensures that veterans unable to access timely care from the Department of Veterans Affairs can receive such services from community providers. The bill also mandates that the Department of Veterans Affairs develop or amend existing access standards to ensure that access to mental health care under the Veterans Community Care Program is not more restrictive than the access standards for specialty care.
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