Sen. John Cornyn visited Tyler to discuss new bill to improve veteran's quality of care
'I've lost more friends after combat due to PTSD than during combat,' Sen. Cornyn said.
Sen. Cornyn hosted a round table at 'Camp V', a local nonprofit in Tyler that helps veterans and their families. The 'Veterans' Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care' Act will analyze the current treatments at the VA to find out what's working and what's not working. The bill will require an independent assessment of the quality of care for veterans in the VA.
The Executive Director of Camp V Travis Gladhill spoke about the bill and emphasized how it has been need for awhile in order to support veterans in Texas.
'I've read your bill, and I appreciate your initiative to go forward with this because it's a long overdue need to have that investigative look into how that care is being given how the timeliness of that care is being given,' Gladhill said.
The goal of the bill will be to help improve treatments in East Texas, which has one of the highest veteran suicide rates in the state.
'Make that transition, make the community better, and to fulfill that sacred obligation which I believe we have to our veterans, once they have served our nation to protect us and our way of life. We owe it to them to do what we can to help them make that transition back into civilian life,' Sen. Cornyn said.
The legislation is still in a Senate committee with hopes to move to the Senate Floor for more deliberation.
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