Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014

To extend and modify a pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 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 (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 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 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: (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 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a final report on the pilot program. (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 than 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 community-based brain injury residential rehabilitative care (2) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, by striking Assisted Living Community-Based Brain Injury Residential Rehabilitative Care (3) by striking assisted living community-based brain injury rehabilitative care (4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking and personal care 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 shall be carried out using amounts otherwise available for such purpose.

Summary: Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to alter the reporting requirements under the pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assistance to eligible veterans with traumatic brain injury to enhance their rehabilitation, quality of life, and community integration. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit reports to the congressional veterans committees on the pilot program for each quarter occurring between January 1, 2015, and September 30, 2017. Requires each quarterly report to include for the preceding quarter: the number of individuals who participated in the pilot program, the number of individuals who successfully completed the program, the degree to which pilot program participants and their family members were satisfied with the program, and the interim findings and conclusions of the Secretary regarding the success of the program and recommendations for improving it. Requires the Secretary to include in the report the Secretary submits to the congressional veterans committees after the completion of the pilot program: an evaluation of the pilot program in light of the VA's independent living programs, including an assessment of whether  the pilot program should be incorporated into such independent living programs; and recommendations for improving the pilot program. Replaces references to "assisted living" with the term "community-based brain injury residential rehabilitative care," including rehabilitation services within the meaning of such care. Requires this Act and its amendments to be carried out using funds already available for such purposes.