House Resolution 550 Summary

• Urges Congress to ensure full implementation of the VA MISSION Act of 2018, which was signed into law on June 6, 2018, with bipartisan support.

• Consolidates VA's seven community care programs into one permanent program with clearer eligibility standards, replacing the temporary VA Choice program and improving payment timeliness to community providers.

• Expands VA Family Caregiver Program eligibility to veterans from all service eras who were seriously injured, rather than limiting it to those who served since September 11, 2001.

• Strengthens VA workforce recruitment and retention by removing barriers for telemedicine practice, allowing mobile deployment teams to underserved rural facilities, and enabling partnerships with State veterans homes including North Carolina's four facilities serving over 400 veterans.

• Requires the Principal Clerk to transmit a copy of the resolution to members of North Carolina's congressional delegation; becomes effective upon adoption.