3.0.0 2921 2022-02-03T05:09:07Z 2022-02-03T05:09:07Z Senate S S 2008-04-28 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-28T18:45:04Z 2008-04-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-05-13 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-07-26 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2008-09-09 False Armed Forces and National Security Brain Caregivers Curricula Disabled Education Employee training Families Graduate education Head injuries Health Higher education Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Managed care Mental health services Military dependents Military medicine Occupational therapy Paramedical personnel Physical therapy Respite care Social Welfare Social work Trauma care Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Veterans' rehabilitation War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-16T18:32:02Z Caring for Wounded Warriors Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out up to three pilot programs to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing training and certification for family caregivers of veterans and members of the Armed Forces with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Requires each pilot program to be carried out in a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Requires the Secretary to develop curricula for the training of such caregivers as personal care attendants. Makes a family caregiver who receives certification as a personal care attendant eligible for compensation from the VA for the care provided.

Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing respite care to members and veterans who have been diagnosed with TBI through students enrolled in graduate programs in mental health or rehabilitation-related fields. Requires such students to provide: (1) relief to the family caregivers; and (2) socialization and cognitive skill development to the members and veterans. Allows such students to receive coursework credit for such participation.

]]> Caring for Wounded Warriors Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Caring for Wounded Warriors Act of 2008 Display Title Caring for Wounded Warriors Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require pilot programs on training and certification for family caregiver personal care attendants for veterans and members of the Armed Forces with traumatic brain injury, to require a pilot program on provision of respite care to such veterans and members, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2921is/xml/BILLS-110s2921is.xml 2008-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.