Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-91
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act</b> <b>of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill addresses funding for care of dependents of homeless veterans. Grant recipients under the Department of Veterans Affairs comprehensive service program for homeless veterans receive per diem payments for services furnished to homeless veterans. The bill provides that furnishing care for a dependent in the care of a homeless veteran (who is receiving services from a grant recipient) may count as a service for which grant recipients can receive per diem payments.

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 91 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 10, 2019 Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mrs. Murray ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act of 2019 . 2. Authorization of per diem payments for furnishing care to dependents of certain homeless veterans Section 2012(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Services for which a recipient of a grant under section 2011 of this title (or an entity described in paragraph (1)) may receive per diem payments under this subsection may include furnishing care for a dependent of a homeless veteran who is under the care of such homeless veteran while such homeless veteran receives services from the grant recipient (or entity). .