Officials will extend authorizations for care handled outside the VA system for 30 different medical specialties, a move they say will ease red tape.
A White House plan would make it easier for local officials to force homeless veterans off the streets and into medical or criminal institutions.
Democrats want promises from department leaders that sensitive medical and financial information is being handled securely.
Former 1st Lt. Mark Bashaw was convicted of disobeying rules about face masks and virus testing before he was forced out of the service.
