mr. walter hall, who is the general counsel. i apologize for the tardiness of our oral statements and appreciate your indulgence. va supports the extension of eligibility for health care coverage for children until the age of 26. this would bring va's health care benefits for children in line with coverage available by the private sector under the affordable care act, which was enacted last year. this is an important program that will benefit all the 60,000 children of veterans. we appreciate the intent of f666, the dramatic brain injury and care act of 2011 which would require the secretary to provide a report. we appreciate the concerns about making these viable services available. i am pleased to report that we are expanding our service is by establishing enhanced support teams in four pierson, montana. we expect to have the staff in place to be providing services by the end of the year. we have taken steps to address the concerns of the veterans equal treatment act of 2011 which prohibits the secretary from excluding service

mr. walter hall, who is the general counsel, and i apologize for the tardiness of our oral statements and appreciate your indulgence. the va supports s. as 90 for the coverage of children under the program until the age of 26. this would bring the the va health care benefits for children at the line of coverage available by the private-sector under the affordable care act which was enacted last year. this is an important program and would potentially benefit almost 60,000 children of veterans. we appreciate the intent of s. 666, the traumatic brain injury act which would require the secretary submit a report on the advisability of establishing a broad polytrauma presence in northern iraq and we appreciate concerns about making these valuable services available in this area, and i am pleased to report based on the assessment, we conducted last year we are expanding our services by establishing the polytrauma support clich team and for terrorism, montana. we expect to have the stuff in place to begin providing the services by the end of the year. we support the intent of s. 760 - have taken