Innovative Cognitive Care for Veterans Act of 2022

Lobbying in support of improved health care and benefits service for post-9/11 wounded, ill, and injured veterans including: the Veterans' Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for our Heroes (HEALTH) Act of 2023 (S. 1315), to improve access to Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs; the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 1282, S. 344), to provide concurrent receipt to military medical retirees with combat-related injuries; the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act (H.R. 2441), to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma; the Return Home to Housing Act (H.R. 491), to improve services for homeless veterans; the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act (S. 141, H.R. 542), to provide better coordination of and access to VA long term care programs for disabled veterans; the Wounded Warrior Access Act (H.R. 1226), to allow for the electronic request of certain veterans records; the Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2023 (S. 462), to amend the Public Health Service Act to modify the loan repayment program for the substance use disorder treatment workforce to relieve workforce shortages; the VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 2023 (S. 10), to improve the workforce of the Department of Veterans Affairs; the Not Just a Number Act (S. 928), to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual report on suicide prevention; the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2023 (H.R. 1267, S. 545), to protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation; the Healthy Foundations for Homeless Veterans Act (H.R. 645), to permanently authorize the use of certain funds to improve flexibility in the provision of assistance to homeless veterans; the Veterans COLA Act of 2023 (H.R. 1529, S. 777), to increase, effective as of December 1, 2023, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans; the GUARD VA Benefits Act (H.R. 1139), to reinstate penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relating to claims for VA benefits; Healthy Foundations for Homeless Veterans Act (H.R. 645), to improve services for homeless veterans; Servicemember Credit Monitoring Enhancement Act (H.R. 1521), to extend credit monitoring services to certain Service members and families; the Not Just A Number Act (S. 928), to improve data collection on veteran suicide factors; Care for COFA Veterans Act (S.1913), to improve VA benefits for certain veterans residing in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau; the Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act (S. 1309), to improve veteran access to information about higher education; the Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act (H.R. 984, S. 106), to increase federal support to county veteran service officers; the VET PFAS Act (H.R. 4249), to increase support for veterans exposed to toxins in military installations; the Veteran Medical Exams for Distant Areas Act (H.R. 5470), to extend license portability for VA medical examiners; the Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act (H.R. 2818), to increase grants for home improvements for disabled veterans; the VET-TEC Authorization Act (H.R. 1669), to increase STEM career training for veterans; the Innovative Cognitive Care for Veterans Act (H.R. 9005), to provide telehealth care and support for cognitive impairment; the Expanding Veteran Options for Long Term Care Act (S.495), to allow VA to cover assisted living facility costs for veterans entitled to nursing home care; and the DRIVE Act (H.R.1278, S.592), to increase mileage reimbursement for travel to VA medical appointments.