3.0.0 1065 2023-01-11T19:47:34Z 2023-01-11T19:47:34Z Senate S S 2007-03-29 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-29T20:40:34Z Heroes at Home Act of 2007 110 3051 HR 2008-09-09 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2007-03-29 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2007-03-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4204-4207) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-03-29 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-04-12 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-04-16 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-04-18 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-04-18 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2007-04-18 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-05-08 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-05-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Brain Caregivers Congress Congress and military policy Congressional reporting requirements Curricula Employee training Families Governmental investigations Head injuries Health Housing and Community Development Iraq Iraq compilation Medical records Medical tests Mental health services Middle East and North Africa Military dependents Military medicine Military operations Military readiness Post-traumatic stress disorder Rural health Science, Technology, Communications South Asia Telemedicine Trauma care Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-21T21:42:29Z Heroes at Home Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a protocol for the assessment and documentation of the cognitive (including memory) functioning of each member of the Armed Forces deployed in Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom before such deployment in order to facilitate their cognitive functioning upon their return.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program on training and certification of family caregivers of veterans and members with traumatic brain injury.

Authorizes such Secretaries to jointly: (1) establish a demonstration project to assess the feasibility and advisability of using telehealth technology to assess cognitive functioning of members who have sustained head trauma in order to improve their diagnosis and treatment; and (2) conduct an ongoing study of all matters relating to the telehealth and telemental health services of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, respectively.

]]> Heroes at Home Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members of the Armed Forces, to review and expand telehealth and telemental health programs of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Heroes at Home Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Heroes at Home Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1065is/xml/BILLS-110s1065is.xml 2007-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.