Write the community care access standards into law
What the document says“the next Administration should rapidly and explicitly codify VA MISSION Act access standards in legislation”
The access standards determine when a veteran may use a private provider rather than a VA facility, based on how far away and how long a wait the VA offers. The chapter conditions this on the makeup of Congress being favorable in 2025, and says the purpose is to prevent the department avoiding or watering down the requirements in future.
What the document actually says“the next Administration should rapidly and explicitly codify VA MISSION Act access standards in legislation”
Put the rules for using outside doctors into law. Do it quickly.
A veteran can sometimes see a doctor outside the VA. Rules set when that is allowed. The book says those rules should be written into law.
Read against the documents indexed here on August 26, 2026, and nothing was found that answers this. Nothing indexed comes close. No indexed law writes the MISSION Act access standards, the drive time and wait time thresholds that decide when a veteran may use a private provider, into statute. The candidate rule-2025-16978 matched on the word codification and concerns the law enforcement authorities of immigration officers. That is a record of a search, not a finding that nothing has happened: an act this site does not hold, or one that answers the proposal in words unlike its own, would not be caught by it.