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Congressman McCaul Proud to Announce New VA Clinics in Tomball, Katy

June 30, 2008

AUSTIN – Veterans living in Tomball and Katy will soon have improved access and more convenient options for healthcare, with the announcement of two new Community Based Outpatient Clinics scheduled to be built.

"Both Katy and Tomball will be better prepared to serve veterans already in those areas as well as combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan," said Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10). "Veterans’ medical care needs should be at the top of our priority list as we continue working to honor those who have served us. I support all measures that keep the promises made to our soldiers, sailors and airmen, and continue to help support their families."

The Community Based Outpatient Clinics, or CBOB’s, will facilitate the transition of a veteran from a hospital, bed-based system of care to a more efficient, primary care system. Their objective is to provide care in the most effective and efficient setting with a professional medical staff, diagnostic testing and treatment capability, and referral arrangements needed to ensure continuity of health care.

The new clinics in Tomball and Katy are two of five that will open in Texas and 44 planned across the United States. The clinics are operated by the Veterans Administration and are separate from the parent medical facility.

Last week Congressman McCaul voted for an emergency supplemental funding bill which includes $4.6 billion for military construction and veterans hospitals. That figure is nearly double the president’s request. It includes $863 million for military hospitals, $396 million for VA hospitals and polytrauma centers, and more than $210 million for the military child care centers that the President announced in the State of the Union but never funded.

Congressman McCaul is currently serving his second term representing Texas' 10th District in the United States Congress. The 10th Congressional District of Texas stretches across 8 counties from Austin to the Houston.