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Calendar No. 167
111TH CONGRESS S REPORT
1st Session SENATE 111-80
CAREGIVER AND VETERANS HEALTH SERVICES ACT
OF 2009
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. AlAKA, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 801]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs (hereinafter, the Com-
mittee), to which was referred the bill (S. 801), to amend title 38,
United States Code, to waive charges for humanitarian care pro-
vided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (hereinafter, VA or
the Department) to family members accompanying veterans se-
verely injured after September 11, 2001, as they receive medical
care from the Department, and to provide assistance to family care-
givers, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon with an
amendment, and recommends that the bill, (as amended) do pass.
INTRODUCTION
On April 2, 2009, Chairman Akaka introduced S. 801, the pro-
posed Family Caregiver Program Act of 2009. S. 801, as intro-
duced, would create a national program for the caregivers of seri-
ously injured veterans to provide them with education, grants,
counseling, and other support.
Earlier, on February 10, 2009, Senator Akaka introduced S. 404,
the proposed Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009.
S. 404 would expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in
a non-Department facility.
On March 6, 2009, Senator Durbin introduced S. 543, the pro-
posed Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act of
2009. S. 543 would require a pilot program on training, certifi-
cation, and support for family caregivers of seriously disabled vet-
erans.
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