Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act

Bill: 115-hr-4055
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Disability and paralysis

Life, casualty, property insurance

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a member of the uniformed services whose claim for traumatic injury under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance is denied, at the time of such denial, a legal analysis of the denial and the information the VA relied on in making such decision. </p> <p>The VA may not use any reasoning not articulated in such analysis or information not provided to justify a further denial on appeal.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4055 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 12, 2017 Mr. Kildee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain information when denying claims for traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act . 2. Denial of claims for traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (l) If a claim by a member under this section is denied, the Secretary shall furnish to the member, at the same time as the member is informed of such denial, a detailed legal analysis for the reason of the denial and all of the information the Secretary relied on in making that decision. Any information not provided, or reasoning not articulated, in the such analysis may not be used by the Secretary to justify a further denial on appeal. .