Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I do. Mr. Chair, in terms of the rehabilitation program eligibility decisions, prior to the—I guess it wasn't so much the delegation of authority, but recently we've reduced the service standard around those decisions from four to two weeks. That means the veterans who apply to the rehabilitation program—

Veterans Affairs committee  We improved the service standard—let's put it that way—by cutting down the turnaround time on those key decisions. Again, that enables the veteran to get access to needed benefits much sooner than had been the case before.

Veterans Affairs committee  They are half of what they were before, that's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  We are achieving that standard 85% of the time. In other words, veterans are providing the needed documentation. Once we have that needed documentation to make a decision, those decisions are made very rapidly.

Veterans Affairs committee  Automatic renewal—I believe you are referring to the treatment benefits, so the treatment benefit programs, whereas previously authorizations were required based on renewal of treatment benefits. The requirement for those renewals, pre-authorization, has been removed.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have anecdotal evidence from our veterans in terms of their satisfaction with the case management process and the earlier intervention. We haven't done a study, so to speak, but certainly the anecdotal evidence would suggest that there is certainly satisfaction with that earlier intervention, earlier access to needed benefits.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. Within Veterans Affairs, Mr. Chair, the case manager gets engaged during the transition process at the integrated personnel support centres, the 24 IPSCs across the country, where we are co-located with National Defence staff. The case manager gets engaged with the releasing member prior to release to get a sense of what the health or re-establishment needs are prior to release.

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, we're actually exceeding that at the present time.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to participate in this session. My name is Anne-Marie Pellerin, and I'm the director of case management, rehabilitation and mental health services. I'm joined by my colleague, Lina Carrese, who is the scientific director of the National Centre for Operational Stress Injuries.