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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 
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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 ‘‘Veterans Traumatic 
Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PILOT PRO-
GRAM ON ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES FOR 
VETERANS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
(a) MODIFICATION
OF REPORT REQUIREMENTS.— 
Subsection (e) of section 1705 of the National Defense Au-
thorization 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 Commit-
tees 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 
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during which the report is submitted the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 pro-
gram participants and family members of 
pilot program participants were satisfied 
with the pilot program. 
‘‘(iv) The interim findings and conclu-
sions of the Secretary with respect to the 
success of the pilot program and rec-
ommendations 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 Vet-
erans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a final report on the pilot pro-
gram. 
‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The final report required 
by subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) A description of the pilot program. 
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‘‘(ii) The Secretary’s assessment of the 
utility of the activities carried out under 
the pilot program in enhancing the rehabili-
tation, quality of life, and community re-
integration of veterans with traumatic 
brain injury. 
‘‘(iii) An evaluation of the pilot pro-
gram in light of independent living pro-
grams 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 inde-
pendent living programs. 
‘‘(iv) Such recommendations as the 
Secretary considers appropriate regarding 
improving the pilot program.’’. 
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(b) DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED BRAIN INJURY 
RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATIVE CARE SERVICES.—Such 
section is further amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AS-
SISTED
LIVING’’ and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY- 
BASED BRAIN INJURY RESIDENTIAL REHABILI-
TATIVE CARE’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, 
by striking ‘‘ASSISTED LIVING’’ and inserting ‘‘COM-
MUNITY-BASED BRAIN INJURY RESIDENTIAL REHA-
BILITATIVE CARE’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘assisted living’’ each place it ap-
pears, and inserting ‘‘community-based brain injury 
rehabilitative care’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘and per-
sonal care’’ and inserting ‘‘rehabilitation, and per-
sonal care’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
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 
living services for veterans with traumatic brain 
injury. 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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