Veterans Beneficiary Fraud Enforcement Act

Bill: 114-hr-1357
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Life, casualty, property insurance

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veterans Beneficiary Fraud Enforcement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a Veterans' Group Life Insurance insuree from designating as a beneficiary any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee who is in a position of trust with the insured. (Such prohibition includes any doctor, caregiver, or caseworker working directly with the insured, unless such employee is the insured's spouse, child, parent, or other next of kin.)</p> <p>The VA shall refer to an appropriate legal authority any incident of suspected or alleged fraud relating to a beneficiary designation under any Veterans' Group Life Insurance.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1357 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2015 Mr. Coffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the designation of certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees as beneficiaries under Veterans’ Group Life Insurance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Beneficiary Fraud Enforcement Act . 2. Limitation on designation of Department of Veterans Affairs employees as beneficiaries of insured’s Veterans’ Group Life Insurance (a) Limitation on designation of beneficiaries (1) In general Subsection (d) of section 1977 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking Any amount and inserting (1) Any amount ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) An insured under Veterans’ Group Life Insurance may not designate as a beneficiary for such insurance any employee of the Department who is in a position of trust with the insured, as determined by the Secretary, including any doctor, caregiver, or caseworker working directly with the insured, unless such employee is the spouse, child, parent, or other next of kin of the insured. . (2) Applicability Paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of section 1977 of title 38, United States Code, shall apply with respect to Veterans’ Group Life Insurance issued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Reporting of suspected beneficiary fraud Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) The Secretary shall refer to an appropriate legal authority any incident of suspected or alleged fraud relating to the designation of any beneficiary under any Veterans’ Group Life Insurance. .