3.0.0 543 2022-02-03T06:03:47Z 2022-02-03T06:03:47Z Senate S S 2009-03-06 111 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-06T16:54:02Z 2009-03-06 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2867-2869) IntroReferral 2009-03-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2866-2867) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2009-03-06 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-03-06 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2009-03-06 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-03-19 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-03-19 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-03-19 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2009-03-19 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-03-23 False K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2009-03-23 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-03-31 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-04-20 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-04-20 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-10-27 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-10-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Health facilities and institutions Mental health Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-23T19:42:58Z Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a two-year pilot program of training, certification, and support for eligible family caregivers of eligible veterans and members of the Armed Forces.

Defines as: (1) eligible family caregivers those family members who agree to provide such services, are accepted by the veteran or member as the provider, and are determined qualified to provide such services; and (2) eligible veterans and members those veterans and members who have a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated on or after September 11, 2001, and require caregiver services because of such disability.

Requires: (1) the pilot program to be conducted at at least six medical facilities; (2) at least one facility to be a private facility with expertise in providing rehabilitative care; (3) at least one facility to be a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in a rural area; and (4) the Secretary, in selecting locations, to give special emphasis to VA polytrauma centers designated as Tier I polytrauma centers.

Directs the Secretary to provide training to each eligible family caregiver under the program, and to certify the caregiver as qualified upon training completion. Requires caregivers to be paid for providing such services.

Requires: (1) a review of VA and Department of Defense (DOD) respite care programs, as well as a study on enhancing the availability of such programs; (2) the provision of psychological and social support services to caregivers; and (3) a national survey of family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and members.

]]> Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act of 2009 Display Title Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a pilot program on training, certification, and support for family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces to provide caregiver services to such veterans and members, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s543is/xml/BILLS-111s543is.xml 2009-03-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2867-2869) 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.