3.0.0 3372 2023-11-06T17:50:36Z 2023-11-06T17:50:36Z Senate S 2021-12-09 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2022-07-13T18:30:00Z Referred to 2021-12-09T23:22:22Z 2022-07-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-12-09 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2021-12-09 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2022-07-11 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2022-12-07 False Armed Forces and National Security Asia Birth defects Conflicts and wars Military personnel and dependents Musculoskeletal and skin diseases Veterans' pensions and compensation Vietnam Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-04T13:56:10Z This bill addresses Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits and care for covered children. Under the bill, a covered child is an individual, regardless of age or marital status, who is the natural child of a Vietnam veteran or a veteran of specified service in Korea or Thailand who was conceived after the date on which the veteran entered service in Vietnam, Korea, or Thailand.

The bill requires the VA to establish an advisory council on health care and benefits for covered children. Additionally, the VA must establish care and coordination teams for covered children. At least every 180 days, the teams must conduct outreach to ensure the continued care of the children and assist with any necessary changes in care.

The VA must report to Congress a list of conditions that will trigger outreach to covered children, and contact such children as soon as practicable after the identification of a condition.

The bill requires the VA to provide a covered child with health care and benefits for the duration of the child's life, regardless of the death of a parent preceding the death of the child.

The Veterans Benefits Administration and the Veterans Health Administration must enter into a memorandum of understanding to better assist covered children and establish conditions to be included in the report required by this bill.

]]> A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3372is/xml/BILLS-117s3372is.xml 2022-07-13 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. 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.