‘‘(4) With respect to family caregivers, medical 
care provided under section 1781(e) of this title. 
‘‘(5) Travel expenses provided under section 
111(e) of this title. 
‘‘(b) EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS.—(1) The Secretary 
shall make available educational sessions for caregivers, 
family caregivers, and individuals described in paragraph 
(2). Such educational sessions shall— 
‘‘(A) be made available both in person and on an 
Internet website; 
‘‘(B) incorporate available technology, including 
telehealth technology to the extent practicable; and 
‘‘(C) teach techniques, strategies, and skills for 
caring for a disabled veteran, including, at a min-
imum, a veteran who— 
‘‘(i) was deployed in support of Operation 
Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
and 
‘‘(ii) has post-traumatic stress disorder, a 
traumatic brain injury, or other severe injury or 
illness. 
‘‘(2) Individuals described in this paragraph are indi-
viduals who provide caregivers and family caregivers with 
support under this chapter or through an aging network 
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(as defined in section 102(5) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002(5)), including— 
‘‘(A) respite care providers; 
‘‘(B) nursing care providers; and 
‘‘(C) counselors. 
‘‘(c) STIPENDS.—(1) The Secretary shall provide 
monthly stipends to eligible family caregivers described in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) An eligible family caregiver described in this 
paragraph is a family caregiver who— 
‘‘(A) provides caregiver services to a veteran 
who— 
‘‘(i) was deployed in support of Operation 
Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
and 
‘‘(ii) for purposes of this subsection, is de-
termined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) to have a service-connected dis-
ability or illness that is severe; 
‘‘(II) to be in need of caregiver services, 
such that without such services, the veteran 
would require hospitalization, nursing home 
care, or other residential institutional care; 
and 
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‘‘(III) based on an examination by a 
physician employed by the Department (or, 
in areas where no such physician is avail-
able, by a physician carrying out such func-
tion under a contract or fee arrangement), 
to be unable to carry out the activities (in-
cluding instrumental activities) of daily liv-
ing; 
‘‘(B) with respect to such veteran, meets the defi-
nition of the term ‘family caregiver’ under section 
1701(12) of this title; 
‘‘(C) is designated by such veteran as the pri-
mary family caregiver for such veteran; and 
‘‘(D) is not— 
‘‘(i) employed by a home health care agency 
to provide such caregiver services; or 
‘‘(ii) otherwise receiving payment for such 
services. 
‘‘(3) The authority of the Secretary to provide a sti-
pend to an eligible family caregiver under this subsection 
shall expire on October 1, 2012. 
‘‘(d) ACCESS TO SUPPORT SERVICES.—The Secretary 
shall provide caregivers and family caregivers with infor-
mation concerning public, private, and non-profit agencies 
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that offer support to caregivers. In providing such informa-
tion, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) collaborate with the Assistant Secretary for 
Aging of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices in order to provide caregivers and family care-
givers access to aging and disability resource centers 
under the Administration on Aging of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services; and 
‘‘(2) include on an Internet website that is dedi-
cated to caregivers and family caregivers— 
‘‘(A) a directory of services available for 
caregivers and family caregivers at the county 
level; and 
‘‘(B) tools that provide caregivers and fam-
ily caregivers with the ability to interact with 
each other for the purpose of fostering peer sup-
port and creating support networks. 
‘‘(e) INFORMATION
AND OUTREACH.—(1) The Sec-
retary shall conduct outreach to inform disabled veterans 
and the families of such veterans of the following: 
‘‘(A) Medical care, educational sessions, stipends, 
and other services available for caregivers and family 
caregivers under this chapter. 
‘‘(B) The ability of a family caregiver to be 
trained and certified by a home health care agency in 
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order to be paid by such agency for providing care-
giver services. 
‘‘(2) Outreach under this subsection shall include, at 
a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(A) Public service announcements. 
‘‘(B) Brochures and pamphlets. 
‘‘(C) Full use of Internet-based outreach methods, 
including such methods designed specifically for vet-
erans and the families of such veterans who reside in 
rural areas. 
‘‘(3) With respect to a Department employee providing 
case 
management 
services 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
1720C(b)(2) of this title) to a disabled veteran, the Sec-
retary shall ensure that such employee provides a caregiver 
or family caregiver of such veteran with information on the 
services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item related to section 1720F the following new item: 
‘‘1720G. Support services for caregivers and family caregivers.’’. 
(c) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
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