PUBLIC LAW 113–257—DEC. 18, 2014 

VETERANS TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CARE 

IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2014 


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128 STAT. 2924 PUBLIC LAW 113–257—DEC. 18, 2014 

Public Law 113–257 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To extend and modify a pilot program on assisted living services for veterans 

with traumatic brain injury. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury 

Care Improvement Act of 2014’’. 

SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON 

ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES FOR VETERANS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 

(a) MODIFICATION OF REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (e) 

of section 1705 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 38 U.S.C. 1710C note) is amended 

to read as follows: 

‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 

‘‘(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar quarter occurring 

during the period beginning January 1, 2015, and ending 

September 30, 2017, the Secretary shall submit to the 

Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives a report on the pilot program. 

‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 

subparagraph (A) shall include each of the following for 

the quarter preceding the quarter during which the report 

is submitted the following: 

‘‘(i) The number of individuals that participated 

in the pilot program. 

‘‘(ii) The number of individuals that successfully 

completed the pilot program. 

‘‘(iii) The degree to which pilot program participants and family members of pilot program participants were satisfied with the pilot program. 

‘‘(iv) The interim findings and conclusions of the 

Secretary with respect to the success of the pilot program and recommendations for improvement. 

‘‘(2) FINAL REPORT.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit 

to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives a final report on the pilot 

program. 

Time period. 

38 USC 101 note. 

Veterans 

Traumatic Brain 

Injury Care 

Improvement Act 

of 2014. 

Dec. 18, 2014 

[H.R. 4276] 


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PUBLIC LAW 113–257—DEC. 18, 2014 128 STAT. 2925 

‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The final report required by subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 

‘‘(i) A description of the pilot program. 

‘‘(ii) The Secretary’s assessment of the utility of 

the activities carried out under the pilot program in 

enhancing the rehabilitation, quality of life, and 

community reintegration of veterans with traumatic 

brain injury. 

‘‘(iii) An evaluation of the pilot program in light 

of independent living programs carried out by the Secretary under title 38, United States Code, including— 

‘‘(I) whether the pilot program duplicates services provided under such independent living programs; 

‘‘(II) the ways in which the pilot program provides different services that the services provided 

under such independent living program; 

‘‘(III) how the pilot program could be better 

defined or shaped; and 

‘‘(IV) whether the pilot program should be 

incorporated into such independent living programs. 

‘‘(iv) Such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate regarding improving the pilot program.’’. 

(b) DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED BRAIN INJURY RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATIVE CARE SERVICES.—Such section is further 

amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ASSISTED LIVING’’ 

and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY-BASED BRAIN INJURY RESIDENTIAL

REHABILITATIVE CARE’’; 

(2) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, by striking 

‘‘ASSISTED LIVING’’ and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY-BASED BRAIN

INJURY RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATIVE CARE’’; 

(3) by striking ‘‘assisted living’’ each place it appears, and 

inserting ‘‘community-based brain injury rehabilitative care’’; 

and 

(4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘and personal care’’ 

and inserting ‘‘rehabilitation, and personal care’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(d) PROHIBITION ON NEW APPROPRIATIONS.—No additional funds 

are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act and the 

amendments made by this Act, and this Act and such amendments 

38 USC 1710C 

note. 


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128 STAT. 2926 PUBLIC LAW 113–257—DEC. 18, 2014 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4276: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113–598 (Comm. on Veterans’ Affairs). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014): 

Sept. 16, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate. 

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shall be carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 

purpose. 

Approved December 18, 2014. 


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