3.0.0 2889 2022-02-03T05:09:23Z 2022-02-03T05:09:23Z Senate S S 2008-04-17 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-17T21:53:42Z 2008-04-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3160-3161) IntroReferral 2008-04-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3160, S3161) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA Y Armed Forces and National Security AIDS (Disease) Administrative procedure Afghanistan Brain Clothing Coinsurance Collection of accounts Continuing education Dentists Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Education Families Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Head injuries Health Higher education Human immunodeficiency viruses Income Iraq Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Law Medical education Medical records Medical tests Middle East and North Africa Military dependents Physicians South Asia Survivors' benefits Terminal care Trauma care Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions Veterans' rehabilitation War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-04-17 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-15T19:49:14Z Veterans Health Care Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to contract to provide specialized residential care and rehabilitation services to a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom who suffers from a traumatic brain injury, has an accumulation of deficits in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living and, because of these deficits, would otherwise require nursing home admission even though such care would generally exceed the veteran's nursing needs.

Directs the Secretary to provide full-time board-certified physicians and dentists the opportunity to continue their professional education through VA sponsored continuing education programs. Authorizes (currently, directs) the Secretary to reimburse such physicians or dentists up to $1,000 per year for continuing professional education not available through VA sources.

Exempts hospice care from requirements to pay a copayment in connection with hospital or nursing home care or medical services.

Repeals a provision that prohibits the Secretary from performing widespread human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing but does allow voluntary testing of certain individuals.

Authorizes the Secretary to disclose the name and address of present or former Armed Forces members and their dependents to collect charges for care or services provided for a non-service-connected disability.

Removes provisions ending, on September 30, 2008, the Secretary's authority to obtain information from the Secretary of the Treasury or the Commissioner of Social Security under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

Directs the Secretary to increase certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation amounts.

]]> Veterans Health Care Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Health Care Act of 2008 Display Title Veterans Health Care Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve veterans' health care benefits, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2889is/xml/BILLS-110s2889is.xml 2008-04-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3160-3161) 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.