{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2024/8/tillis-colleagues-introduce-the-ensuring-continuity-in-veteran-s-health-act", "Tillis, Colleagues Introduce the Ensuring Continuity in Veteran\u2019s Health Act", "2024-08-22", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "NC", "Thom Tillis", "T000476", "www.tillis.senate.gov", "tillis", "https://www.tillis.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently introduced the Ensuring Continuity in Veteran\u2019s Health Act, legislation that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to consider continuity of healthcare when deciding whether seeing a provider in the community is in a veteran\u2019s best medical interest.\n\n\u201cOur veterans deserver the best care possible,\u201d said Senator Tillis. \u201cThis commonsense legislation allows veterans to continue care with their own trusted providers and cuts harmful red tape that prevents veterans from accessing the care they deserve.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nAs the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) opens new facilities, many veterans are losing access to the VA\u2019s Community Care Program and, consequently, their long-term healthcare providers. Veterans throughout the country have reported a loss of care, including North Carolina veterans.\n\nFull text of the legislation is available HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2024/8/tillis-colleagues-introduce-the-ensuring-continuity-in-veteran-s-health-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9638948831707239, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}