The Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights - H.R. 5428
NAAOP
Description
Collection
Title:
The Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights - H.R. 5428
Creator:
NAAOP
Date:
7/6/2010
Text:
We are asking for your help in support of H.R. 5428, the Injured and Amputee
Veterans Bill of Rights. This legislation was recently re-introduced in the
U.S. House of Representatives by the Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs
Committee, Congressman Bob Filner.
This new legislation has some language in this bill that differs from the
previous bill introduced in the last Congress. The new language in H.R. 5428
adds an enforcement mechanism for the rights created under the bill.
In addition to being required to post in every VA O&P clinic a list of
rights that injured and amputee veterans have, the VA will also be required
to post these rights on their website and create a complaint system so these
rights have teeth. The purpose of this legislation is to alert veterans
across the country that they have certain rights to ensure their receipt of
high quality O&P care and to make such care more consistent throughout the
country.
NAAOP has always felt that as the spotlight on injured and amputee veterans
begins to dim, the attention to meeting the needs of orthotic and prosthetic
patients will also decrease. That is why enactment of this legislation is so
important. No legislation will offer a silver bullet to ensure that all
veterans get what they need when the need it, but this bill is a significant
step forward to ensuring that our nation's veterans will be able to access
high quality care, and high quality practitioners, for years to come.
Passage of this bill is one of NAAOP's top priorities and we hope you will
continue to help us pass it as soon as possible. Please take the time to
read the text of the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. We hope
you will also take the time to write to your Congressman and request him or
her to cosponsor this important legislation. We have attached a draft
support letter to assist you with this task and hope you will copy us so we
can monitor the strength of our efforts.
Text of the bill: <URL Redacted>
Draft support letter:
<URL Redacted>
Thank you for your continued support of the O&P profession.
Thomas Guth, CP, President
George W. Breece, Executive Director
Peter W. Thomas, General Counsel
Visit our website:
www.naaop.org
Veterans Bill of Rights. This legislation was recently re-introduced in the
U.S. House of Representatives by the Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs
Committee, Congressman Bob Filner.
This new legislation has some language in this bill that differs from the
previous bill introduced in the last Congress. The new language in H.R. 5428
adds an enforcement mechanism for the rights created under the bill.
In addition to being required to post in every VA O&P clinic a list of
rights that injured and amputee veterans have, the VA will also be required
to post these rights on their website and create a complaint system so these
rights have teeth. The purpose of this legislation is to alert veterans
across the country that they have certain rights to ensure their receipt of
high quality O&P care and to make such care more consistent throughout the
country.
NAAOP has always felt that as the spotlight on injured and amputee veterans
begins to dim, the attention to meeting the needs of orthotic and prosthetic
patients will also decrease. That is why enactment of this legislation is so
important. No legislation will offer a silver bullet to ensure that all
veterans get what they need when the need it, but this bill is a significant
step forward to ensuring that our nation's veterans will be able to access
high quality care, and high quality practitioners, for years to come.
Passage of this bill is one of NAAOP's top priorities and we hope you will
continue to help us pass it as soon as possible. Please take the time to
read the text of the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. We hope
you will also take the time to write to your Congressman and request him or
her to cosponsor this important legislation. We have attached a draft
support letter to assist you with this task and hope you will copy us so we
can monitor the strength of our efforts.
Text of the bill: <URL Redacted>
Draft support letter:
<URL Redacted>
Thank you for your continued support of the O&P profession.
Thomas Guth, CP, President
George W. Breece, Executive Director
Peter W. Thomas, General Counsel
Visit our website:
www.naaop.org
Citation
NAAOP, “The Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights - H.R. 5428,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed December 27, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231577.
