3.0.0 1965 2023-02-14T14:28:48Z 2023-02-14T14:28:48Z Senate S 2021-06-08 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup by 2021-07-28T15:30:22Z Hearings by 2021-06-23T19:00:16Z Referred to 2021-06-08T18:11:49Z Planning for Aging Veterans Act of 2021 117 6332 HR 2022-01-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-07-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2021-06-23 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231. Committee 2021-06-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-10-27 False 2021-12-22T21:35:00Z S. 1965, Planning for Aging Veterans Act of 2021 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57709 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 28, 2021 Armed Forces and National Security Aging Community life and organization Health facilities and institutions Home and outpatient care Homelessness and emergency shelter Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Mental health Neurological disorders Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-22T19:01:28Z Planning for Aging Veterans Act of 2021

This bill addresses the long-term care of veterans, including by implementing policies for the administration of state homes.

First, the bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a strategy for the long-term care of veterans.

The VA must develop a standardized process for entering into sharing agreements between state homes and VA medical centers. A state home is a home established by a state for veterans who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise and incapable of earning a living because of such disability. The term also includes a home that furnishes nursing home care for veterans.

Under the bill, the VA must ensure that veterans who are catastrophically disabled are not required to pay a co-payment for medication received at a state home. Generally, veterans are catastrophically disabled if they have a permanent severely disabling injury, disorder, or disease that compromises the ability to carry out the activities of daily living.

The VA must monitor any contractor it uses to conduct inspections of state homes, including by reviewing inspections, reporting deficiencies, and publishing inspection results on a public VA website.

The VA must implement a two-year pilot program to provide geriatric psychiatry assistance to eligible veterans at state homes.

Finally, the VA must work with public housing authorities and local organizations to assist aging homeless veterans in accessing existing housing and supportive services, even if a veteran is not eligible for such services from the VA.

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