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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9661 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct certain outreach 
to legacy participants in the program of comprehensive assistance for 
family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 21, 2022 
Mr. KIM of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. HUDSON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct cer-
tain outreach to legacy participants in the program of 
comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Caregiver Con-
tinuity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. OUTREACH TO LEGACY PARTICIPANTS IN PRO-
GRAM OF COMPREHENSIVE ASSISTANCE FOR 
FAMILY CAREGIVERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should not 
discharge any legacy participant within the priority group 
specified in section 1705(a)(1) of title 38, United States 
Code, from the program of comprehensive assistance for 
family caregivers, or reduce the support received by any 
such legacy participant under such program, on the sole 
basis of the final rule of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs relating to ‘‘Program of Comprehensive Assistance 
for Family Caregivers Improvements and Amendments 
Under the VA MISSION Act of 2018’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 
46226, as in effect on October 1, 2020), or any related 
successor rule. 
(b) OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall— 
(1) identify each legacy participant that has 
been sent a notification from the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs that the individual may be subject to 
a discharge from, reassessment of eligibility for, or 
reduction of benefits under, the program of com-
prehensive assistance for family caregivers on the 
sole basis of the final rule specified in subsection (a); 
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(2) provide to each such legacy participant in-
formation regarding continued eligibility for such 
program under the interim final rule of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs relating to ‘‘Extension of 
Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family 
Caregivers; Eligibility for Legacy Participants and 
Legacy Applicants’’ (issued on September 14, 2022), 
or any related successor rule; and 
(3) take such other steps as may be necessary 
to ensure that legacy participants receive the most 
up-to-date information regarding eligibility for such 
program. 
(c) PRIORITIZATION OF PRIORITY GROUP ONE VET-
ERANS.—In carrying out the outreach requirements under 
subsection (c), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
prioritize the provision of information to legacy partici-
pants within the priority group specified in section 
1705(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘family caregiver’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 1720G(d) of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘legacy participant’’ means, with 
respect to the program of comprehensive assistance 
for family caregivers, a veteran, or family caregiver 
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thereof, who was a participant in such program as 
of September 30, 2020. 
(3) The term ‘‘program of comprehensive as-
sistance for family caregivers’’ means the program 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs under section 
1720G(a) of title 38, United States Code. 
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