113 S633 IS: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel in connection with certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and for other purposes.
U.S. Senate
2013-03-21
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1.Coverage under Department of
Veterans Affairs beneficiary travel program of travel in connection with
certain special disabilities rehabilitation
(a)Section 111(b)(1) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
(G)A veteran with vision impairment, a
veteran with a spinal cord injury or disorder, or a veteran with double or
multiple amputations whose travel is in connection with care provided through a
special disabilities rehabilitation program of the Department (including
programs provided by spinal cord injury centers, blind rehabilitation centers,
and prosthetics rehabilitation centers) if such care is provided—
(i)on an in-patient basis; or
(ii)during a period in which the
Secretary provides the veteran with temporary lodging at a facility of the
Department to make such care more accessible to the
veteran.
.
(b)Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a
report on the beneficiary travel program under section 111 of title 38, United
States Code, as amended by subsection (a), including—
(1)the cost of the
program;
(2)the number of
veterans served by the program; and
(3)any other matters
the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c)The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the
first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment
of this Act.