The THRIVE Act directs the Veterans Affairs Department to establish a task force within 90 days to study how veterans can better access complementary and integrative health treatments like acupuncture, yoga, meditation, and peer-support programs, particularly for mental health conditions like PTSD, depression, anxiety, and traumatic brain injury. The task force will include VA officials, academic researchers, veteran clinicians, veterans service organizations, and community-based program representatives who will assess current access to these therapies, develop frameworks to measure their effectiveness, identify research gaps, and recommend how the VA should expand or modify these services. The task force must submit its recommendations to the VA Secretary within one year, followed by an initial report to Congress 90 days later and a final action plan within 180 days of that, after which the task force will dissolve. The bill establishes no specific funding amount but authorizes the task force to identify what additional resources or congressional authorities the VA may need to improve access to these treatments for veterans.
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