(2) An informational assessment tool that en-
ables users to— 
(A) assess the eligibility of a veteran, or a 
caregiver of a veteran, for any covered program; 
and 
(B) receive information, as a result of such 
assessment, on any covered program for which 
the veteran or caregiver (as the case may be) 
may be eligible. 
(3) A list of required procedures for the direc-
tors of the medical facilities of the Department to 
follow in determining the eligibility and suitability of 
veterans for participation in a covered program, in-
cluding procedures applicable to instances in which 
the resource constraints of a facility (or of a commu-
nity in which a facility is located) may result in the 
inability to address the health needs of a veteran 
under a covered program in a timely manner. 
(c) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall ensure the 
website under subsection (a) is updated on a periodic 
basis. 
SEC. 7. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO HOME MAKER AND 
HOME HEALTH AIDE PROGRAM. 
(a) PILOT
PROGRAM
FOR
COMMUNITIES
WITH 
SHORTAGE OF HOME HEALTH AIDES.— 
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(1) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
pilot program under which the Secretary shall pro-
vide home maker and home health aide services to 
veterans who reside in communities with a shortage 
of home health aides. 
(2) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall select 10 
geographic locations in which the Secretary deter-
mines there is a shortage of home health aides at 
which to carry out the pilot program under para-
graph (1). 
(3) NURSING ASSISTANTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
pilot program under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary may hire nursing assistants as new em-
ployees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
or reassign nursing assistants who are existing 
employees of the Department, to provide to vet-
erans in-home care services (including basic 
tasks authorized by the State certification of 
the nursing assistant) under the pilot program, 
in lieu of or in addition to the provision of such 
services through non-Department home health 
aides. 
(B) RELATIONSHIP TO HOME BASED PRI-
MARY
CARE
PROGRAM.—Nursing assistants 
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hired or reassigned under subparagraph (A) 
may provide services to a veteran under the 
pilot program under paragraph (1) while serv-
ing as part of a health care team for the vet-
eran under the Home Based Primary Care pro-
gram. 
(4) DURATION.—The pilot program under para-
graph (1) shall be for a duration of three years. 
(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 
year after the date on which the Secretary deter-
mines the pilot program under paragraph (1) has 
terminated, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on the result of 
the pilot program. 
(b) REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a report containing, with respect to the period 
beginning in fiscal year 2011 and ending in fiscal year 
2022, the following: 
(1) An identification of the amount of funds 
that were included in a budget of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs during such period for the provision 
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