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The bill strengthens veteran-focused long-term-care expertise and preserves VSO input on a VA advisory committee, but tighter membership rules and lack of funding/timeline risk narrowing expert perspectives and slowing implementation.
Veterans and their families will get better-informed oversight of long-term care because the advisory committee will include members with nursing-home administration and State home experience, increasing practical expertise focused on long-term care quality.
Veterans will retain a direct advocacy channel because national veteran service organizations will continue to have representation on the advisory committee, preserving stakeholder input into VA advice and policy.
Veterans could lose access to a wider range of professional perspectives because narrower membership rules may exclude other experts, reducing the diversity and breadth of advice available to the VA.
State governments and veterans may face delays or administrative burdens implementing the new membership requirements because the bill does not provide funding or a timeline for recruitment and onboarding of specified members.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Revises VA Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee membership to require a national veterans service org rep, a State home caregiver, and a licensed nursing home administrator.
Introduced January 28, 2025 by Jennifer Kiggans · Last progress January 28, 2025
Amends the membership rules for the Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee to require at least one representative from a national veterans service organization, at least one individual who has served veterans or families in a State home, and at least one person licensed as a nursing home administrator. The change formally renames the committee's first three sentences as numbered paragraphs but does not add funding, deadlines, or new program authorities.