3.0.0 1283 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z Senate S S 2007-05-03 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-03T14:51:32Z Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act 110 1538 HR 2007-09-05 Senate ordered measure printed as passed. Related bill CRS 2007-05-03 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2007-05-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5570-5571) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford N C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2007-05-03 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-05-08 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Ambulatory care Armed forces reserves Brain Case management Commerce Congress Congress and military policy Congressional reporting requirements Consumer complaints Continuum of care Counseling Curricula Defense budgets Dental care Department of Defense Disability evaluation Disability retirement Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic data interchange Employee training Executive reorganization Families Family services Federal advisory bodies Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Head injuries Health Health counseling Health information systems Health planning Higher education Hospital care Housing and Community Development Inspectors general Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Law Marines Medical education Medical personnel Medical records Mental health Military dependents Military discharges Military hospitals Military housing Military medicine Military pensions Ombudsman Patient satisfaction Physical examinations Physicians Post-traumatic stress disorder Public-private partnerships Quality of care Quality of life Rehabilitation of the disabled Reprogramming of appropriated funds Retired military personnel Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Suicide Surveys Telephone Transfer of employees Transportation and Public Works Trauma care Travel costs Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Vocational rehabilitation War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-05-03 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-27T18:37:53Z Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007 - Requires a member of the Armed Forces (member) in an outpatient status at a military medical treatment facility (facility) to be assigned a medical care case manager and a service member advocate, each of whom have completed a training program and curriculum for such management.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a: (1) Department of Defense (DOD)-wide Ombudsman Office; (2) toll-free hotline for reporting deficiencies in medical services and medical support facilities; (3) standardized training program and curriculum for military personnel and health care professionals involved in the disability evaluation system; and (4) pilot program to track and assist outpatient members who are still in need of medical treatment.

Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to: (1) notify appropriate Members of Congress of the hospitalization of members evacuated from a theater of combat; and (2) ensure that members appearing before medical evaluation boards have access to an independent medical advocate.

Requires reports concerning: (1) enhanced training for individuals providing assistance to recovering members; (2) the adequacy and quality of medical and medical-support facilities at each military installation; and (3) traumatic brain injury classifications.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide a process for the transition of members from the DOD health care and disability systems to those of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (2) allow reserve members to use facilities closest to home for the treatment of injuries sustained in a combat theater of operations; (3) develop a plan and conduct research for reducing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat veterans; (4) study the provision of support services for families of recovering members; (5) evaluate the Polytrauma Liaison Officer/Non-Commissioned Officer program; (6) study waiting periods for appointments at VA facilities; and (7) study the development of a joint soldier tracking system for recovering members.

Establishes the: (1) Department of Defense Medical Support Fund; and (2) Oversight Board for Wounded Warriors.

]]> Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007 Display Title Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1283is/xml/BILLS-110s1283is.xml 2007-05-03 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.