I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2894 
To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family 
caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Ms. ESTY (for herself and Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assist-
ance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Caregivers Access and 
Responsible Expansion for All Veterans Act’’ or the 
‘‘CARE for All Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN 
FAMILY CAREGIVER PROGRAM OF DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) 
EXPANSION
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection 
(a)(2)(B) of section 1720G of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon the 
following: ‘‘, or, in accordance with paragraph (11), has 
such an injury or illness that was so incurred or aggra-
vated before such date’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ILLNESS.— 
Such subsection is further amended by inserting ‘‘or ill-
ness’’ after ‘‘serious injury’’. 
(c) EXPANSION OF NEEDED SERVICES IN ELIGI-
BILITY CRITERIA.—Subsection (a)(2)(C) of such section 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and insert-
ing a semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 
new clause (iii): 
‘‘(iii) a need for regular or extensive in-
struction or supervision in completing two or 
more instrumental activities of daily living; or’’. 
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(d) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (a) 
of such section is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subsection, a family caregiver of an eligible veteran who 
is eligible under paragraph (2) solely because of a serious 
injury or illness (including traumatic brain injury, psycho-
logical trauma, or other mental disorder) incurred or ag-
gravated in the line of duty in the active military, naval, 
or air service before September 11, 2001, is eligible for 
assistance under this subsection as follows: 
‘‘(A) Not earlier than October 1, 2017, if the 
family caregiver would merit a monthly personal 
caregiver stipend under paragraph (3)(A)(ii)(V) in 
an amount that is in the highest tier specified in the 
schedule established by the Secretary under para-
graph (3)(C)(i). 
‘‘(B) Not earlier than October 1, 2019, if the 
family caregiver would merit such a stipend in an 
amount that is in the middle tier specified in such 
schedule. 
‘‘(C) Not earlier than October 1, 2021, if the 
family caregiver would merit such a stipend in an 
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amount that is in the lowest tier specified in such 
schedule.’’. 
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