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Union Calendar No. 445 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4276 

[Report No. 113–598] 

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

with traumatic brain injury. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2014 

Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. MCCARTHY of California) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ENYART, Mr. JOLLY, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. 

YOUNG of Indiana, and Ms. SINEMA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 18, 2014] 


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A BILL 

To extend and modify a pilot program on assisted living 

services for veterans with traumatic brain injury. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Traumatic 

5 Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PILOT PRO7 GRAM ON ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES FOR 

8 VETERANS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 

9 (a) MODIFICATION OF REPORT REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 Subsection (e) of section 1705 of the National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 

12 38 U.S.C. 1710C note) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar 

16 quarter occurring during the period beginning 

17 January 1, 2015, and ending September 30, 

18 2017, the Secretary shall submit to the Commit19 tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 

20 House of Representatives a report on the pilot 

21 program. 

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

23 under subparagraph (A) shall include each of the 

24 following for the quarter preceding the quarter 


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1 during which the report is submitted the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(i) The number of individuals that 

4 participated in the pilot program. 

5 ‘‘(ii) The number of individuals that 

6 successfully completed the pilot program. 

7 ‘‘(iii) The degree to which pilot pro8 gram participants and family members of 

9 pilot program participants were satisfied 

10 with the pilot program. 

11 ‘‘(iv) The interim findings and conclu12 sions of the Secretary with respect to the 

13 success of the pilot program and rec14 ommendations for improvement. 

15 ‘‘(2) FINAL REPORT.— 

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

17 after the completion of the pilot program, the 

18 Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Vet19 erans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of 

20 Representatives a final report on the pilot pro21 gram. 

22 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The final report required 

23 by subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 

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


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

2 utility of the activities carried out under 

3 the pilot program in enhancing the rehabili4 tation, quality of life, and community re5 integration of veterans with traumatic 

6 brain injury. 

7 ‘‘(iii) An evaluation of the pilot pro8 gram in light of independent living pro9 grams carried out by the Secretary under 

10 title 38, United States Code, including— 

11 ‘‘(I) whether the pilot program 

12 duplicates services provided under such 

13 independent living programs; 

14 ‘‘(II) the ways in which the pilot 

15 program provides different services 

16 that the services provided under such 

17 independent living program; 

18 ‘‘(III) how the pilot program 

19 could be better defined or shaped; and 

20 ‘‘(IV) whether the pilot program 

21 should be incorporated into such inde22 pendent living programs. 

23 ‘‘(iv) Such recommendations as the 

24 Secretary considers appropriate regarding 

25 improving the pilot program.’’. 


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1 (b) DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED BRAIN INJURY

2 RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATIVE CARE SERVICES.—Such 

3 section is further amended— 

4 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AS5 SISTED LIVING’’ and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY6 BASED BRAIN INJURY RESIDENTIAL REHABILI7 TATIVE CARE’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, 

9 by striking ‘‘ASSISTED LIVING’’ and inserting ‘‘COM10 MUNITY-BASED BRAIN INJURY RESIDENTIAL REHA11 BILITATIVE CARE’’; 

12 (3) by striking ‘‘assisted living’’ each place it ap13 pears, and inserting ‘‘community-based brain injury 

14 rehabilitative care’’; and 

15 (4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘and per16 sonal care’’ and inserting ‘‘rehabilitation, and per17 sonal care’’. 

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

19 section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 445 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4276 

[Report No. 113–598] 

A BILL 

To extend and modify a pilot program on assisted 

injury. living services for veterans with traumatic brain 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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