| Support letter for S.3341 the Advancing VA's Emergency Response to (AVERT) Crisis Act of 2023 would improve VA's response to natural disasters pandemics and other emergencies to ensure continuity of VA medical care for veterans and ensure that the department is better prepared to activated its fourth mission authority in responding to national emergencies. It would require VA to implement fully-operational emergency communications systems throughout VA medical facilities and improve VA's emergency cache program-stored reserves at facilities containing drugs and medical supplies to be used during an emergency. |