1.This Act may be cited as the
Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless
Veterans with Children Act of 2009
.
2.Expansion of
grant program for homeless veterans with special needs
(a)Inclusion under
grant program for homeless veterans with special needs of entities eligible for
comprehensive service program grants and per diem payments for services to
homeless veteransSubsection (a) of section 2061 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended—
(1)by striking
to grant and per diem providers
and inserting to entities
eligible for grants and per diem payments under sections 2011 and 2012 of this
title
; and
(2)by striking
by those facilities and providers
and inserting by those
facilities and entities
.
(b)Inclusion of
male homeless veterans with minor dependentsSubsection (b) of such section is
amended—
(1)in paragraph (1),
by striking , including women who have care of minor
dependents
;
(2)in paragraph (3),
by striking or
;
(3)in paragraph (4),
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
(4)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(5)veterans who have
care of minor
dependents.
.
(c)Authorization of
provision of services to dependentsSuch section is further
amended—
(1)by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2)by inserting after
subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
(c)Provision of
services to dependentsA recipient of a grant under subsection
(a) may use such grant to provide services directly to a dependent of a
homeless veteran with special needs described in subsection (b) who is under
the care of such homeless veteran while such homeless veteran receives services
from the grant recipient under this
section.
.
3.Grant program for
reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with
children
(a)Chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 2021 the following new section:
2021A.Grant program
for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with
children
(a)Subject
to the availability of appropriations provided for such purpose, the Secretary
of Labor shall award grants to eligible programs and facilities to provide the
services described in subsection (c) to expedite the reintegration into the
labor force of the following:
(1)Homeless women
veterans.
(2)Homeless veterans
with children.
(b)Eligible
programs and facilitiesAn eligible program or facility for
purposes of this section is a program or facility that provides dedicated
services for homeless women veterans or homeless veterans with children.
(c)The
services described in this subsection are the following:
(1)Job
training.
(2)Counseling.
(3)Job placement
services, including job readiness, literacy, and skills training.
(4)Child care.
(d)Monitoring of
use of fundsThe Secretary of Labor shall monitor and evaluate
the use of amounts granted under this section. In monitoring and evaluating the
use of such amounts, the Secretary shall collect from grantees such information
as the Secretary considers appropriate, including data on the results or
outcomes of the services provided to each homeless veteran under this
section.
(e)Administration
through Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and
TrainingThe Secretary of Labor shall carry out this section
through the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training.
(f)Biennial report
to congressThe Secretary of Labor shall include as part of the
report required by section 2021(d) of this title an evaluation of the grant
program under this section. The information included in such report under this
subsection shall include—
(1)an evaluation of
services furnished to veterans under this section; and
(2)an analysis of the
information collected under subsection (d).
(g)Authorization of
appropriations(1)There is authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2010 through 2014.
(2)The amount
authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) is in addition to any amounts
authorized to be appropriated by section 2021(e) of this title.
(3)Funds appropriated
to carry out this section shall remain available until expended. Funds
obligated in any fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended in that
fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal
year.
.
(b)The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 20 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2021 the
following new item:
2021A. Grant program for reintegration
of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with
children.
.
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Homeless Veterans and Other Veterans Health Care
Authorities Act of 2010
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States
Code.
TITLE I—Homeless veterans
matters
Sec. 101. Enhancement of comprehensive service
programs.
Sec. 102. Grant program for workforce
reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with
children.
Sec. 103. Expansion of grant program for
homeless veterans with special needs.
Sec. 104. Program on prevention of veteran
homelessness.
Sec. 105. Homeless Veterans Management
Information System.
Sec. 106. Rental assistance for veterans
through Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sec. 107. Special Assistant for Veterans
Affairs in Office of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Sec. 108. Plan to end veteran
homelessness.
TITLE II—Toxic substances
exposure
Sec. 201. Extension of eligibility for health
care for veterans with disabilities who served in Persian Gulf War
notwithstanding lack of evidence to conclude such disabilities are associated
with such service.
TITLE III—Health care
matters
Sec. 301. Increase in number of authorized
Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Assistant Secretaries.
Sec. 302. Establishment of Director of
Physician Assistant Services in Veterans Health Administration.
Sec. 303. Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center Quality Report Card Initiative.
Sec. 304. Report on pay-for-performance
compensation under health care services contracts.
Sec. 305. Expansion of State home care for
parents of veterans who died while serving in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 306. Automatic enrollment of eligible
demobilizing members of the National Guard and Reserve in health care and
dental care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 307. Provision of chiropractic services to
veterans enrolled in health care system of Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Sec. 308. Name of Department of Veterans
Affairs outpatient clinic, Alexandria, Minnesota.
TITLE IV—Other
matters
Sec. 401. Funding.
2.References to title 38,
United States CodeExcept as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of title 38, United States Code.
<enum>I</enum><header>Homeless veterans
matters</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79AEF2B0584A4CE0A98A79CF50E0C23B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancement of comprehensive service
programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3FD47991FC74709A71DB4C64C646EE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancement of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2011 is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id694EA07B7E7C4E0F9F76895BFB208CCA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking
<quote>expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing facilities, or
acquisition of facilities,</quote> and inserting <quote>new construction of
facilities, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing facilities, or
acquisition of facilities</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C92761218004FF2964ECA28E98AEE03"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA80FD453D7D436B8D460A1A9383B11C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>A
grant</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) A grant</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3221F00FD1D341C3AF7E7EA13FEF1221"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence of paragraph (1), as
designated by subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>The amount</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9AA88C5078743E184E9E2DF8A54116F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id059F7279B3764D9BBBC5D5D3BD314B1B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
amount</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A052EDFF8334FC7ADBA328F2034CD0C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEAB6B509108849ACBA68DC8D9B803D86" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id720BD29F72F94B9598AAEAB288741251" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1D8B1DF2810D4F47A0946A0A53C0A8DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not deny an application
from an entity that seeks a grant under this section to carry out a project
described in subsection (b)(1)(A) solely on the basis that the entity proposes
to use funding from other private or public sources, if the entity demonstrates
that a private nonprofit organization will provide oversight and site control
for the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1A5A388E50D4D7AB977C0F1DE9CA7A1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>private
nonprofit organization</term> means the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3B907378E7B4312AE8B472486E3F646"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An incorporated private institution,
organization, or foundation—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA0B6ADE9A344C409D768531E38D894F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that has received, or has temporary
clearance to receive, tax-exempt status under paragraph (2), (3), or (19) of
section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B0F54F21AD64DF4B9BF98652DF89496"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which no part of the net earnings of
the institution, organization, or foundation inures to the benefit of any
member, founder, or contributor of the institution, organization, or
foundation; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F5B3265D0D04387B15B92475ECEA780"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the Secretary determines is
financially responsible.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F7F004C8D004211B519EB249C1624AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A for-profit limited partnership or limited
liability company, the sole general partner or manager of which is an
organization that is described by subclauses (I) through (III) of clause
(i).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE08B7C7C1CD4E328D4B47F2E4576C8E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A corporation wholly owned and controlled
by an organization that is described by subclauses (I) through (III) of clause
(i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD282653C003E4AA381D58CE9817E62D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant and per diem payments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8278663A08B04D3A88CECC4422A9E546"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study and development of payment
method</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id301CDE957E7B41C3B73E4492B986DDD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complete a study of all matters relating to
the method used by the Secretary to make per diem payments under section
2012(a) of title 38, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB888224D9B8843B5AD980D37F78C7B1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop an improved method for adequately
reimbursing recipients of grants under section 2011 of such title for services
furnished to homeless veterans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6341ABBFC574433AAE37F57217062DE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the method required by
paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary may consider payments and grants received by
recipients of grants described in such paragraph from other departments and
agencies of Federal and local governments and from private entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1AC62EC597F4D23921688A657488C17"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA76B078A3E9347A4AA6494B11C0B1C56"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings of the Secretary with respect
to the study required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF09D4F7A6F04441FA0C9F0C2C7F9B4A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the method developed under subparagraph (B)
of such paragraph; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A2B0080F64444F69F8C92FBA44E5839"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations of the Secretary for
revising the method described in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph and any
legislative action the Secretary considers necessary to implement such
method.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA676550361DE4B6F883430FC3CC49609"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2013
is amended by striking <quote>subchapter $150,000,000</quote> and all that
follows through the period and inserting the following: “subchapter—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id377F768EDDCF4984B63E903CF2F17968" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC63D470CE024BA6AC919D5B48D33245"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007
through 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1696F5DC67284E87A1C29B16263C747B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86513A4CBCAF4436888608A48CD90483"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 2011 through
2014.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H88627F4428414ECAA2F2A2F51C004739"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum funding in
rural areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2011 is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC225E71AA788425E93DFDBC9EC320CE3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idA9688DBA8997470C94FFFC4F8C480E36"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Minimum funding in
rural areas</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that not less than five
percent of the aggregate of the grant amounts awarded under this section in
each fiscal year is awarded to eligible entities located in rural
areas.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id2b5f5f8f-f3e3-425a-9f82-0f1527754926"><enum>102.</enum><header>Grant program for
workforce reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with
children</header>
<subsection id="id0c704c0b-f71b-46d1-a34c-596c113bde0d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter III of chapter 20 is amended by inserting
after section 2021 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6df801b-9e89-44ed-9701-14f95fe9b443" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="id730b000c-f35b-4497-8b7d-259c2e6fa4b7"><enum>2021A.</enum><header>Grant program for
reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with
children</header>
<subsection id="idc4d98770-e393-4021-8ece-e0e2569bbf38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Subject
to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of Labor
shall award grants to eligible programs and facilities to provide the services
described in subsection (c) to expedite the reintegration into the labor force
of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id2be17f05-baa0-4b98-999e-dcd909d19a27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Homeless women
veterans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id655ec15b-8bcd-40b4-94f7-8ade820b697a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Homeless veterans with
children.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id307427b4-7573-4820-9510-1058ebb46a81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible programs and
facilities</header><text>A program or facility is an eligible program or
facility for purposes of this section if the program or facility provides
dedicated services for homeless women veterans or homeless veterans with
children.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id569ee912-da94-4f13-a0a5-e1fe739c1f2a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Services</header><text>The
services described in this subsection are the following:</text>
<paragraph id="iddbedf531-7fcb-4a30-8767-ab23e956d844"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Job training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7c7bcff8-de84-476d-b291-9187aaa7222f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Counseling.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ideebb1b05-8f9c-4ccf-9224-224bccf2a045"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Job placement services,
including job readiness, literacy, and skills training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id20988767-1f8f-49fb-b32c-8f1d061c137c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Child care.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id278EFC3618BE47B08672C0F2E84770AA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum</header><text>The
Secretary shall ensure that not less than five percent of the aggregate of the
grant amounts awarded under this section in each fiscal year is awarded to
eligible programs and facilities located in rural areas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb619f9e0-9327-46ff-93f9-dcea7dad91c5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Monitoring of use of
funds</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall monitor and evaluate the use
of amounts granted under this section. In monitoring and evaluating the use of
such amounts, the Secretary shall collect from grantees such information as the
Secretary considers appropriate, including data on the results or outcomes of
the services provided to each homeless veteran under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idc2d61a02-3c52-4625-8b30-d39a6cafb972"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
Secretary of Labor shall carry out this section through the Assistant Secretary
of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idd7ba0314-9f51-4232-a479-31fa62a0fe99"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Biennial report to
congress</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall include as part of the
report required by section 2021(d) of this title an evaluation of the grant
program under this section. The information included in such report under this
subsection shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="idda08665c-3e96-48ef-a6fa-85f413a734ae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an evaluation of services
furnished to veterans under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5f8b9d4d-4ef1-4cf9-a557-d474c9e06306"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of the
information collected under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id865425d6-29de-4932-824d-13393e102634"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id900121df-f35c-4810-8cf6-6782083a0967"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2010 through 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id1bf94dff-3caf-40dd-aa5a-edad6c93ba42" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount authorized to
be appropriated by paragraph (1) is in addition to any amounts authorized to be
appropriated by section 2021(e) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id5c7b3647-7998-4801-8581-88dbf2e6a161" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Funds appropriated to
carry out this section shall remain available until expended. Funds obligated
in any fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended in that fiscal
year and the succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id236d2cf3-8280-4ce5-8e7d-afa529710cd9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 20 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2021 the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idf5a16bbc-e8a7-403c-8730-2509d9f5e240" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry idref="IDd67f971348244f90a9300cb597f03e7c" level="section">2021A. Grant program for reintegration of
homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with
children.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="idb762e89d-5903-4281-ab8b-dd7b339aa918"><enum>103.</enum><header>Expansion of grant
program for homeless veterans with special needs</header>
<subsection id="id1dce7974-c05a-420a-a83f-97d9a01c9a05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of entities
eligible for comprehensive service program grants and per diem payments for
services to homeless veterans</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 2061 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idb9e0f29f-c958-4e08-981f-0f1f7344b7f1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to
grant and per diem providers</quote> and inserting <quote>to entities eligible
for grants and per diem payments under sections 2011 and 2012 of this
title</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fbc1ea2-518f-4dae-bc12-beeb7e779dd3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>by
those facilities and providers</quote> and inserting <quote>by those facilities
and entities</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idedb8fc29-36c6-4794-80db-838453ef0062"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of male
homeless veterans with minor dependents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of such section is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idaa870d7b-2adc-4cdf-922e-01d1b31eba9d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>, including women who have care of minor
dependents</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd1fc3355-bb2f-48bc-9892-30611c8a5cc3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2f4ff0c7-c310-4c90-9751-34b84afda857"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfe4dbd10-8335-4e5b-a6db-bba505f97328"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca4fc7e5-0d4a-48c9-a872-ce2936a983f5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id08ef2106-e8f0-4725-bc19-b60ab81387f4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>individuals who have care
of minor
dependents.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id923d138a-e1cc-48d5-9d10-d0225935a9a9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
provision of services to dependents</header><text>Such section is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idf6ee4ef6-6416-4429-824e-ca99c77794ce"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaf98197b-2bd3-4119-946d-8ed7652a4226"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text>
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<subsection id="id78a68fd9-0296-4eb6-967f-bbc4fd6906b9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Provision of services
to dependents</header><text>A recipient of a grant under subsection (a) may use
amounts under the grant to provide services directly to a dependent of a
homeless veteran with special needs who is under the care of such homeless
veteran while such homeless veteran receives services from the grant recipient
under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF66EBE2CBACF40DB85E0FAA2D5AB379F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program on prevention of veteran
homelessness</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id628F38DF6E694C0D9DD070C1E72B4F8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program on prevention of veteran
homelessness</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E45B7538BE6496E8AF43CA8A906E7A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter VII of chapter 20 is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE41B343F0E74668824EAF14A8D1246D" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB10FC846C8A4874A7B809289790619E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2067.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prevention of veteran homelessness</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2246DFD28E9E4D248005EF167B8F2AD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prevention of veteran
homelessness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall
establish a program to prevent veteran homelessness by—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id141110E4316E4651B52B51C9F44A8785"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifying in a timely fashion any veteran
who is homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA69E557D2A44F378574E6BFBFFAC287"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing, directly or in conjunction with
an existing program, assistance to veterans identified under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1261836FC974067A44F1C88C7F93660"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Types of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assistance provided under subsection
(a)(2) may include the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2169E799F664B1C81B182679B724661"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provision of short-term or medium-term
rental assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16FE937D87BD481BA6D2DB7BEAEB3A3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Housing relocation and stabilization
services, including housing search, mediation, and outreach to property
owners.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id184D71D5174B492BA050D20968F6347C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Services to resolve personal credit issues
that have led to negative credit reports.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AD8CB1799CB420B9F7F7E79B2F05F3E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance with paying security or utility
deposits and utility payments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id398B64BD17DC43B3A73900084C7F303F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance with covering costs associated
with moving.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE08BDF11B7C04A18A57336F3DCE82FFA"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A referral to a program of another
department or agency of the Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6690DB9885554A7796439DDF773B751B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other activities as the Secretary
considers appropriate to prevent veterans homelessness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88102E421D8D4BA688796FABB99FB86D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No duplication of services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide assistance under
subsection (a)(2) to a veteran receiving supportive services from an eligible
entity receiving financial assistance under section 2044 of this title only to
the extent that the assistance provided under subsection (a)(2) does not
duplicate the supportive services provided to such veteran by such entity or by
any other Federal, State, or local entity.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94AE7068E84E4476AAAF7E9B09283B43"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protection from
abuse</header><text>To protect the program established under subsection (a)
from abuse, the Secretary may establish a limit on the number of times that a
particular veteran may receive assistance under the program in a fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5852A14D0B84022A6578686D7103A67"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staffing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall assign such employees
at such locations as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5082749A734B44C7A2ADFE7B6CCF8757"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2010 through
2014.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE68AB0D05204658A29F729426148372"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 20 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e5c839c-20e1-41fa-acaa-e703dc78bc66" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="idFB10FC846C8A4874A7B809289790619E" level="section">2067. Prevention of veteran
homelessness.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91E456BAE9894DDB85924F33AB1BA356"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities of homeless veterans
program coordinators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
2003(a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9F9E2473F904F67AB4FFD81C3F3C47D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>The
housing</quote> and inserting <quote>Any housing</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F4EED55E8E74915B0F94B2400D457CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph
(8); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id776D8BA886764931AC426EAC7B00BD8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following new paragraph (7):</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAB3EDD61FFD475A9A48D8BEF9D8A1F5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48200B32EF7142D18DD2BB2D78ADE306"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program under section 2067 of this
title.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id605544CD16B64ADEB5F875C793FBA97A"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC73E128C87704B9EBE20FBF307A5B196"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of the establishment of the program required by section
2067 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the operation of such
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD7CB0757D2040198A6110303E659F60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0707E77A09C4D7A83584822F9159E72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The types and sources of
assistance provided under such section 2067.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id896B1B2D1F404BA98FAB7FB63880FD64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of the
effectiveness of the services provided under such section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F6EFB574C3A47F1BF5B94318166B481" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Homeless Veterans Management Information
System</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FFCDF63C6714B57A7B045111F9D6FB1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter VII of chapter 20, as amended by
section 104, is further amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42942B190BB044BB99E43F658062D308" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFBB3682438243148D106FA1E5601632" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2068.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Homeless Veterans Management Information
System</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4367D94150BC4E7B8B9A8415918ABD8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Method for data collection and
aggregation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB76667855BE24635874BECF51926D654"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the
Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development and the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
established under section 201 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11311), establish a method for the collection and aggregation of data on
homeless veterans participating in programs of the Department of Veterans
Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the
following with respect to such veterans:</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7E231DF342A4FF78556FC6182F6A8CA" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Age, race, sex, disability status, marital
status, income, employment history, and whether the veteran is a parent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50FBDE9118EB4245B620ECF106F70CA3" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the veteran received assistance for
housing, the number of days that the veteran resided in such housing and the
type of such housing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF732596518B44713ADC63607E5A7FDB4" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the veteran is no longer participating
in a program of assistance for the homeless, the reason the veteran left the
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id500842AA81FF43D28F5FF66B18A5007B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The method required by paragraph (1) shall
ensure that each veteran is counted only once.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0EA278ED5294DBDBAD00CCDFADF79CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual data collection and
aggregation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
one year after the method is established under subsection (a), and annually
thereafter, the Secretary shall collect and aggregate data using the method
established under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A19E11F5745456F84734005393C89BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two
years after the date of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the data collected and
aggregated under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF49DE0AE42D14FB6A53DC1F3390EBA5A"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id942920EC814A40A8B05BE1EEFE08DBEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE80795273DA24CB3861E369B22B5E5F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
years 2011 through
2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0D9E3F12A6E4E3B8C078287389CF56A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 20 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE53FBE674EC3487396EE2A024E22502E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2068. Homeless Veterans
Management Information
System.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4F79095F7FC4045933CC6A0306906F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental assistance for veterans through
Department of Housing and Urban Development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(o)(19) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46F299730D944DA788DF7E1B4E692A13" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4BC545A708D4388B610FA751A8487B3"><enum>(19)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental vouchers for Veterans Affairs
supported housing program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5284DB373DC84DEBB3B5B9EC160BBB98"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental vouchers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make available to
public housing agencies described in subparagraph (C) the amounts described in
subparagraph (B), to provide rental assistance through a supported housing
program administered in conjunction with the Department of Veterans
Affairs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34C961F830274F3FAE7A68C935417683"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts specified in this subparagraph
are the amounts necessary to ensure that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC5ACB685C304BEEAD3B6620CA5649B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than 30,000 vouchers for rental
assistance under this paragraph are outstanding at any one time during fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id146153BEC59F45BAA86BFC86D3110CFC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than 40,000 vouchers for rental
assistance under this paragraph are outstanding at any one time during fiscal
year 2011;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6689AA056F0544DDB77809F0DAE657B6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than 50,000 vouchers for rental
assistance under this paragraph are outstanding at any one time during fiscal
year 2012; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08B512A9201D47F3A5B8D7CC282ADB15"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than 60,000 vouchers for rental
assistance under this paragraph are outstanding at any one time during fiscal
year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB70AECC4AF8341DF98D81396CF0AD54C"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public housing agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public housing agency described in this
subparagraph is a public housing agency that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7879F21C528B45BD8220357997E2D180"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a partnership with a Department of
Veterans Affairs medical center or an entity determined to be appropriate by
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AAC52CADCFC40D4BAEF40B46E7EEBC7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is located in an area that the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs determines has a high concentration of veterans in need of
assistance;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id003AA4FDA476455A9D1278175FDA61F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has demonstrated expertise in providing
housing for homeless individuals; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CF39E53071F4DEE8308BB0C1C7BB7BB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets any other criteria that the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may
prescribe.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02BBCA13BAB54747A12800F5F50093C0"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Case management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
ensure that the case managers described in section 2003(b) of title 38, United
States Code, provide appropriate case management for each veteran who receives
rental assistance under this paragraph that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C1D0E7E2ABD4C48946E323B2EF5F41F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assists the veteran in—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0463C59151AD4BBBB0D7C6645838CC7B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">locating available housing;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8948DE45592844F8A4C792D740BD2589"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">working with the appropriate public housing
agency;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2EC7B8D169D4F4D9115719B625D267A"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accessing benefits and health services
provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and other departments and
agencies of the Federal Government;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACB4738E80D44897945206FC35FD8059"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">negotiating with landlords; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD99A76FC23BE46468911ADF7D0B6D133"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other areas, as the Secretary determines is
necessary to help the veteran maintain housing or avoid homelessness;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id342D7621837C4F199556DA87CF0B2272"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures that a veteran with a severe
disability, including a veteran that has been homeless for a substantial period
of time, is referred to sufficient supportive services to provide the veteran
with stable housing, including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID32587360aea744c89f4205748e84fecb"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mental health services, including treatment
and recovery support services;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4a9c9f546376419b925bd305cd06166b"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substance abuse treatment and recovery
support services, including counseling, treatment planning, recovery coaching,
and relapse prevention;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02c8f50b29894c30a0c6ecdab1f4f244"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrated, coordinated treatment and
recovery support services for co-occurring disorders;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff272a39e7c74346abe3262396bc71d5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">health education, including referrals for
medical and dental care;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID60cf5521f4d84e549d9e8618ab3dbbff"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">services designed to help individuals make
progress toward self-sufficiency and recovery, including job training,
assistance in seeking employment, benefits advocacy, money management,
life-skills training, self-help programs, and engagement and motivational
interventions;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7ce2c3ed2c4a4ec183babac331ecdb21"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">parental skills and family support;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID082a31e324ae4ff5b3aebcc36e54f040"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other supportive services that promote an
end to chronic
homelessness.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7C8AE14A152408FA683442C74DC5EBA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs in
Office of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3EAAD51723E42D2A0EDBFA8C86B03FE"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Assistant for Veterans
Affairs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9E0A24F967F48AFB3D75C322BF1B499"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be in the Department a Special
Assistant for Veterans Affairs, who shall be in the Office of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62CAFCACBC0E4B3881A6CDC1CB64EA00"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs
shall be appointed by the Secretary, based solely on merit and shall be covered
under the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in
the competitive service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1F7A0658AFD4B9EB82B1F4EB274E9D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs
shall be responsible for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADE479EC15A44A1FB3643BCCB3368CB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that veterans have access to
housing and homeless assistance under each program of the Department providing
such assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF303C0E652DD418DB68027CE008F47AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinating all programs and activities of
the Department relating to veterans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D40C8BB5E724872A27D588904007C96"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out such other duties as may be
assigned to the Special Assistant by the Secretary or by
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF445A71B6F93431BB025B66BD9C8B1F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan to end veteran homelessness</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EDB03569C1040998E8E1A58AE28AD8C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to
Congress a comprehensive plan to end homelessness among veterans that
includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4893CB669184C7F92CDE7D744271B0F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of programs of the Department
of Veterans Affairs and other departments and agencies of the Federal
Government that are designed to prevent homelessness among veterans and assist
veterans who are homeless;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2967309D4B6644C1BDAEF420DC1C71AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of whether and how
partnerships between the programs described in paragraph (1) would contribute
to ending homelessness among veterans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1670832D1A8B4E60A0911CAF166562D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for improving the programs
described in paragraph (1), creating partnerships between such programs, or
eliminating programs that are no longer effective;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id577A55998CE74DCBBDB721CEB846B3D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for new programs to prevent
and end homelessness among veterans, including an estimation of the cost of
such programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39E5A95AF8E84EEFBBD341579439F2F8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a timeline for implementing the plan;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3012355CEF14EFCB1CEAE686499B25E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as the Secretary
determines necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F3F6B6D736B472E87C885AE7E2D1EBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration of veterans located in rural
areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis,
evaluation, and recommendations included in the report required by subsection
(a) shall include consideration of the circumstances and requirements that are
unique to veterans located in rural areas.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Toxic substances
exposure</header>
<section id="id1D6105CCAA3644F69EB4A386226245CC"><enum>201.</enum><header>Extension of
eligibility for health care for veterans with disabilities who served in
Persian Gulf War notwithstanding lack of evidence to conclude such disabilities
are associated with such service</header>
<subsection id="id8F360D4D49B84D8A81C0A8A9B0F3186B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (e)(3)(B)
of section 1710 is amended by inserting after <quote>December 31, 2002</quote>
the following: <quote>, except that such care and services may also be provided
to such a veteran during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of
the <short-title>Homeless Veterans and Other Veterans
Health Care Authorities Act of 2010</short-title> and ending on December 31,
2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idC2DB312AF7DA42EB8E5C65B8F8470F42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
correction</header><text>Subsection (a)(2)(F) of such section is amended by
striking <quote>conditions</quote> and inserting <quote>occupational or
environmental hazards</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Health care
matters</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74FAEF556DCA426EA76F8126DA19932A"><enum>301.</enum><header>Increase in number of
authorized Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Assistant Secretaries</header>
<subsection id="idD537436145B14C2A8F62814B0EFE9229"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in number of
authorized Assistant Secretaries; revision of functions</header><text>Section
308 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB7717838B34447CDBD18C43ECDEF0A2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>seven</quote> and inserting <quote>eight</quote> in the first
sentence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2AFB1A2C18434E6DAF6A91C29D7D5C7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id989D1330C1514942BA18F43526F7B8A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by
striking <quote>Capital</quote> and inserting <quote>Construction
capital</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80237B8532974DEB805E78AB19240587"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (10) by
striking <quote>Procurement</quote> and inserting
<quote>Acquisition</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFFE259B78E484958A8D920A21B5B5EA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increase in number of
authorized Deputy Assistant Secretaries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 308(d)(1) is amended by striking
<quote>19</quote> and inserting <quote>27</quote> in the first sentence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCAB86FC3BE4A48399129F88309D6965D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments
to title 38, United States Code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 38, United States Code, is amended as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="idE44042FFB4144B9EA56E8B542F55CE4A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 312A is
repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id957BB9DA33954E66B9471B30C2287FC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 3 is amended by striking the item relating to section
312A.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50BF96A3070A4466B66F414CFC30B1D8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendment to
title 5, United States Code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretaries, Department of
Veterans Affairs (7)</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretaries,
Department of Veterans Affairs (8)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFF0901556C1497CA379A99409D6933F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Director of Physician
Assistant Services in Veterans Health Administration</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H128F20D374C74C1A903D87D03E7CE04F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7306(a) is amended by striking
paragraph (9) and inserting the following new paragraph (9):</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4655F46AB294653B4B8387FD0E291F" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82C049BE37E449EA9DADDC6EB26FB063"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of Physician Assistant
Services, who shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4E76C195FBF400AA205104B58AC3AAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve in a full-time capacity at the
Central Office of the Department;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07D0D219DE2848F4ADEBC37F9B94789F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a qualified physician assistant;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F6E4562BB494D4C96AEAB480B674572"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be responsible and report directly to the
Chief Patient Care Services Officer of the Veterans Health Administration on
all matters relating to the education and training, employment, appropriate
utilization, and optimal participation of physician assistants within the
programs and initiatives of the
Administration.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H156FCEDCBE8841A4B24830707BB59551"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline for implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
ensure that an individual is serving as the Director of Physician Assistant
Services under paragraph (9) of section 7306(a) of title 38, United States
Code, as amended by subsection (a), by not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id6D6E0CB67B8E45C6A6A1D4D5BBEDC2D4"><enum>303.</enum><header>Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center Quality Report Card Initiative</header>
<subsection id="id6083B08F04D34294A556E5B819D4C754"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to provide
for the establishment within the Department of Veterans Affairs of an
initiative (to be known as the <quote>Medical Center Quality Report Card
Initiative</quote>) to ensure that information on the quality and performance
of medical centers administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is readily
available and accessible for purposes as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="idD22CA459CFE448F38369D5B315FFC11C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To inform patients and
consumers about health care quality in such medical centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD35804EB04144236A9BAB81DC83109A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To assist health care
providers of the Department in identifying opportunities for quality
improvement and cost containment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE499F9A23EA946C48A899829156910C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To enhance the
understanding of policy makers and public officials of health care issues,
raise public awareness of medical center quality issues, and help constituents
of such policy makers and officials identify quality health care options for
the Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9BF1C93EF6124F04AB9DFEA2C115EE00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter I of chapter 17 is amended by
inserting after section 1706 the following new section:</text>
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<section id="id6B0C69C66C014A6A950F7D3417DBBFCC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1706A.</enum><header>Management of
health care: Medical Center Quality Report Card Initiative</header>
<subsection id="ID0b5d035ef9124758bc1a9dc07a1be797"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment
of the <short-title>Homeless Veterans and Other Veterans
Health Care Authorities Act of 2010</short-title>, the Secretary shall
establish and implement an initiative, to be known as the <quote>Medical Center
Quality Report Card Initiative</quote> (in this section referred to as the
<term>Initiative</term>), to publish information on health care quality in
Department medical centers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbecd04ac5f1d423bb29d966168ae2784"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication of
information on quality and performance of Department medical
centers</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id46A616A7B530479F84D2DA67D5F7135D"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFFC59EC2F4034DD7AE61FED9BF6A6777"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Under the Initiative,
not less frequently than twice each year, the Secretary shall make available to
the public, on the Hospital Compare website of the Centers for Medicaid and
Medicare Services, data consisting of the most current information on the
quality and performance of each Department medical center. Such information
shall include quality measures that allow for an assessment with respect to
health care provided by Department medical centers, of the following:</text>
<clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="IDb1e19e408334448eac64d9910951896f" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Effectiveness.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="ID3906a9fe6dcf40ff899fa21ccc3f3432" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Safety.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="ID7052128df1f34d2d985a67b99ff1cd7d" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Timeliness.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="ID8192fa84eb1f4239a67b43d86e242ad6" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Efficiency.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="ID29a045727c3441ddb95429ea31974344" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Patient-centeredness.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id67D2A5135E4649D78ECBFDCB9CEAE758" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Patient
satisfaction.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id63AB3F92F28E43BE8F62BE34D0239751" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Satisfaction of health
professionals employed at Department medical centers.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="ID2f5107325e9b47af8c26300b2ac2379a" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>The equity of care
provided to various patient populations, including female, geriatric, disabled,
rural, homeless, mentally ill, and racial and ethnic minority
populations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idC0C88743DE534A87B67B56C99A381C5C" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For each quality measure
made available under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include—</text>
<clause id="idE6762026148444428C8E47BF223E0AAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>quality measures that are
common to the health care industry and are based on information reported in
paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3D3C760B06B34D6393D0B2E0E218EC64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such other information
as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id717E695E368141F5902C92B5D170F0EC" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
conduct focus groups with veterans to identify additional types of quality
information and display formats regarding such quality measures that would be
meaningful to the needs of veterans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id35C58CF7396440A992AB475824352342" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1BAAA59B3D534212A5CA20FAC4DFB62B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In making data
available pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, except as provided in
subparagraph (B), include to the maximum extent practicable information about
Department medical centers using best available measures that reflect emerging
quality and safety trends and the priorities of veteran-centered care.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idFE4975966F054B969F5E312649C20942" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In making data available
to the public under paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide information in
addition to the information required by subparagraph (A) or provide information
in lieu of the information required by subparagraph (A) if the
Secretary—</text>
<clause id="id836E246DBFB3439984807BA2471AF07C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not later than 15 days
before the date on which such data is made available to the public, submits to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs of the House of Representatives a certification in writing that such
additional or substituted information is more appropriate for purposes of
carrying out the requirement of paragraph (2)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4BFA06EE6AC54A5BB955325DCB99306E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes with such data
and in such certification an indication of which information has been added or
substituted under this subparagraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="IDba7029ab871c4a30aca63923f2d2dec4" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6B00AD80BD824FB1B6A204ED02460FDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In making data
available as provided for under paragraph (1), the Secretary may make risk
adjustments to quality measures to account for differences relating to—</text>
<clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="ID451547e643c34d7989fa5fb2ca9a2521" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the characteristics of a
Department medical center, such as licensed bed size, geography, and teaching
hospital status; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="ID72a72e10170b4f1b89756fcd2933ff75" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>patient characteristics,
such as health status, severity of illness, and socioeconomic status.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idF0F069DAFAA74926AE31D52008645C60" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If the Secretary makes
data available under paragraph (1) using risk-adjusted quality measures, the
Secretary shall establish procedures for making the unadjusted data available
to the public in a manner determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="IDf0499abc042a4dffa3dc722accf192fe" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Under the Initiative, the
Secretary may verify data made available under this subsection to ensure
accuracy and validity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="ID6844919e6aae4ba9a15167615e754038" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Before disclosing to the
public any data under this subsection, the Secretary shall disclose the
methodology for the publication of such data and the nature and scope of such
data to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id43904641E35547D4996C10286D6D4D64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each organization the
Secretary considers relevant to such data; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id589F289034934A99A24E273953D402CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each Department medical
center that is the subject of such data.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id4777E30F8AF54481B06CE66F7CCB3D71" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7158B048E43F46A4BDABE9A7705D0DDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a copy of each set of data
made available to the public under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idD84A79EB924646B3AC0CCB740828EA8F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
ensure that each set of data made available to the public under paragraph (1)
is made available—</text>
<clause id="id3B87D09B0D5541C6A3979A1CEEE4B1DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in an electronic
format;</text>
</clause><clause id="id207443EEB61A461B866FB4C4A94CB23F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a manner that can be
understood by individuals who are not medical professionals and individuals
with low functional health literacy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF7F7562D0896417C9954C25ED30F73F5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>at each Department
medical center covered by the set of data.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id95561E65AAD04B2EB641E53E9CAE57E2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
ensure that information on health care quality made available under paragraph
(1) is made available in a manner that is conducive for comparisons with other
local medical centers or regional medical centers, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id9B94947611264B64BA06A6117B34709A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
establish procedures for making the information included in the data made
available to the public under paragraph (1) available to the public upon
request in non-electronic format, such as through a toll-free telephone
number.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="IDc9f0be94787544c1851ca6d7a276d45f" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The analytic
methodologies and limitations on information sources utilized by the Secretary
to develop and disseminate comparative information under this subsection shall
be identified and acknowledged in a notice or disclaimer as part of the
dissemination of such information, and include the appropriate and
inappropriate uses of such information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID828b85904e004348ad1a20f9b5698d92"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identifying and
reporting actions that could lead to false or artificial improvements in
quality measurements</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, the
Secretary shall compare quality measures data submitted by each Department
medical center to the Secretary with quality measures data submitted to the
Secretary in the prior year or years by each such Department medical center in
order to identify and report actions that could lead to false or artificial
improvements in the quality measurements of such Department medical centers for
purposes of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5f19e50b8e9a42d7902f225eaefb9ae8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Privacy and
security</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF3DF016702604D07A51E3D32E7E285BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
develop and implement effective safeguards to protect against the unauthorized
use or disclosure of Department medical center data that is made available
under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="IDa7b5433e900c461194af6e762d30087a" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
develop and implement effective safeguards to protect against the dissemination
under this section of inconsistent, incomplete, invalid, inaccurate, or
subjective Department medical center data.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="IDa87e11be268c4ac69588e3dd3e991bcf" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
ensure that identifiable patient data is not released to the public under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2B390B597D144C6992D9FDF2DFC9E687"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCD64EA3EF9BC4985842055B005331426"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
periodically submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the
Initiative.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id60AEE3AAAF624A0D8BDD50F18AF7C631" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each report required by
paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id82FC745ED115479796D2C773CA0C6756"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of the
effectiveness of the Initiative in meeting the purpose described in section
302(a) of the <short-title>Homeless Veterans and Other
Veterans Health Care Authorities Act of 2010</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6BF160AECC8547FF9D552DEA2DC75039"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If necessary, a
description of the measures the Secretary can undertake to ensure that the
Initiative meets such purpose.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idEDFE4BA1A15245558A5ED14CE2C9A6AC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary shall carry
out each measure the Secretary includes in a report under paragraph
(2)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="idC457B2C089E04190B4965E7759FE5EF8" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary shall make
each report submitted under paragraph (1) available to the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfaef5591d9f54aecb5312805f798d95c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Department medical
center defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Department medical
center</term> means a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
administered by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbc240d46a669487aa72824a8e5c39907"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010
through
2018.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id06554306F9F74C49B44BB12D1701F524"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1706 the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EE7230354494DC7A2056920C238B9E9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1706A. Management of health
care: Medical Center Quality Report Card
Initiative.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AEE624B21C54007A226A3CF17CA9951" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Report on
pay-for-performance compensation under health care services contracts</header>
<subsection id="ID652b6a0c0de749609da39363c545c9d4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
House of Representatives a report on the use by the Department of Veterans
Affairs of pay-for-performance compensation mechanisms in the provision of
health care services in contracts which compensate contractors of the
Department for the provision of health care services through community based
outpatient clinics.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id430DF4BE7F1B4FDF818BDD285ECD40DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id5FCDD18F1A7D4AB1840955E8A3AB9C61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of the
feasibility and advisability of utilizing pay-for-performance compensation
mechanisms in the provision of health care services by the Department in
contracts described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID96b49fad27be452ab9fe71ccd4b934a3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of community
based outpatient clinics of the Department that were operating under a
pay-for-performance compensation mechanism in the provision of health care
services on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act and the impact
such mechanisms have had with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID47921604cd16471bad148f172ec6521c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing incentives for
community based outpatient clinics to provide high quality health care;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID275615dfc0bb438b8570d148d3dd7698"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing incentives to
better assure patient satisfaction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID23fd986c37064f879d4b31863123e334"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incorporation of views
and experiences of private health care systems</header><text>In meeting the
requirements of this section the Secretary shall incorporate the views and
experiences of representatives of at least two private health care systems that
have utilized pay-for-performance compensation mechanisms in the operation of
medical clinics to ascertain whether such mechanisms have had an effect on the
delivery of quality, timely, medical care in the private sector.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50F51D6C83114086B1A71534F24BB188"><enum>305.</enum><header>Expansion of State
home care for parents of veterans who died while serving in the Armed
Forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In administering
section 51.210(d) of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall permit a State home to provide services to, in addition
to non-veterans described in such subsection, a non-veteran any of whose
children died while serving in the Armed Forces.</text>
</section><section id="idF9637FF78C7A49A281054EED08F87DFF"><enum>306.</enum><header>Automatic enrollment
of eligible demobilizing members of the National Guard and Reserve in health
care and dental care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs</header>
<subsection id="id28888006B06146F39F93B20CE10481EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Automatic
enrollment</header>
<paragraph id="id2A1FDF24E09241FBA2C45244FF8E1CB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in consultation and
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, take appropriate actions to provide
for the automatic enrollment of covered members in the health care or dental
care programs for veterans of the Department of Veterans Affairs for which they
will be eligible upon discharge or release from active duty in the Armed
Forces.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1D5F0CB47FA540EE81F2202CCC320B0D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
members</header><text>In this section, a covered member is any member of a
reserve component of the Armed Forces who is being discharged or released from
active duty in the Armed Forces and who upon such discharge or release will be
eligible to participate in a health care or dental care program for veterans of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id012426621913468A8E3FCE3C6F8A690D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enrollment during
demobilization and discharge process</header><text>The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Defense,
ensure that the automatic enrollment described in paragraph (1) occurs during
the participation of covered members in the demobilization and discharge
process used for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBDB7DAE238904513B1EB02DF191D5927"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance</header>
<paragraph id="id3DF855EF4C9C4AC591B42EC254286EDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In providing for the enrollment of covered members under
subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in consultation and
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, provide covered members assistance
in the completion of any enrollment activities required under such subsection.
Such assistance shall be provided during the demobilization and discharge
process of such members utilizing such personnel of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, including personnel of the Veterans Health Administration and the
Veterans Benefits Administration, as the Secretary shall assign for such
purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id91997A18F0A74ACCA5E829EC00756B6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Education and
outreach</header><text>In providing assistance under paragraph (1) to covered
members, the personnel of the Department providing such assistance shall also
provide such members—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3FBD97C3AD7E4D85A3A5F908164619B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information about the
programs, benefits, and services of the Department for which they may be
eligible, including—</text>
<clause id="id4DEBCBB62D734A8291D4DA7D3096EC46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>how such members can
apply for and access such programs, benefits, and services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id008C1E52CB5044EE995B112EBB402AD9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the advantages of
enrolling in such programs, benefits, and services; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id356663B0B61D4BC2832F59B3AF28C1B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a list of Department of
Veterans Affairs medical facilities, including medical centers, outpatient
clinics, mental health centers, and benefits offices located within 100 miles
of the residence in which the covered member will first reside after being
discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC1FD5A05E598437D865EBEFF95A3E38F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text>Beginning
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in consultation and coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and the appropriate officials of each State, ensure that
sufficient personnel are present, including such personnel as are assigned
under subsection (b)(1), at each demobilization and discharge event of a
reserve component of the Armed Forces for the performance by covered members of
any enrollment activities pursuant to subsection (a) and for any assistance in
the performance of such activities under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id641660C56AD544469E09604E159F1FD9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Facilities and other
resources</header><text>Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the
facilities and other resources (including space and computer facilities) for
the demobilization and discharge process used for members of reserve components
of the Armed Forces include adequate facilities and resources for the
performance by covered members of any enrollment activities required under
subsection (a) and for any assistance in the performance of such activities
under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE080CA09386F4080BC891BAB06EB4AC2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Protection of
privacy</header><text>Any enrollment activities performed by covered members
pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide appropriate protections for the
privacy of such members and their personal information in accordance with
applicable requirements of law.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H242C111BC7CA4870A89E48A97FE835D7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Opt out
provisions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H41CE83C8553B481CAFB46DCDE68935D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Option not to
enroll</header><text>During the demobilization and discharge process for a
covered member and prior to enrolling the member pursuant to subsection (a),
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense, provide the member with the option to decline such enrollment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA7E768B0A66940719556837C8A8496BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice to Secretary;
prohibition on enrollment</header><text>If a covered member provides notice to
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that the member declines enrollment under
paragraph (1), the Secretary may not enroll the member pursuant to subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id37499C89ECE24E26B1724F0A77375D41"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed to require a member of a reserve component
of the Armed Forces to participate in any health care or dental care program or
use any service of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5EC5350D98FA4C04BC4B660F51833C6E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="id1427D1CE50684B21A9A0C68243403B06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act and each year thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Defense,
submit a report on the implementation of the requirements of this section
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id300AC243BEE1475093C8AC991A84ABB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25189982B1134DE8B189D8B5E3BF33E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3B55BEF7BD1D4C748A236F5614D674A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each
report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id2331644AFAD445B99079F89CD5EFC5EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of the
activities undertaken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the
requirements of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6285E90E61994F18A1A087BFCDC79E1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of the
effect of such activities on—</text>
<clause id="id34526D13C09F4DA380B5638E9E6FCED6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the enrollment of covered
members in health care and dental care programs for veterans of the Department
of Veterans Affairs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC4800C1FE01A414A82D3B359CDE3F05A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the participation of
such members in such programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D2A14DFBF9042F48D5CE5AF0D404B9F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of the
potential budgetary impact and demand for services that actions taken under
subsection (a) may have on the Department of Veterans Affairs and any need for
additional staff or resources to meet that demand.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72ACCEE4459748DFAA6944DD563472FA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Such recommendations for
legislative or administrative action as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
considers appropriate in order to improve or enhance the requirements of this
section so as to further facilitate the enrollment of covered members in health
care and dental care programs for veterans of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4DB1BA9C365432CB1D892E610FCE133"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Such other matters with
respect to the requirements of this section as the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD78B73BFCF72407C966F68444155EA75"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA940B2DE4D81404A8D5C79BD35A67E93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Enrollment</header><text>The
term <term>enrollment</term>, with respect to a covered member in a health care
or dental care program for veterans of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
means the collection and recording of appropriate information on such member in
the recordkeeping system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate
participation of such member in such program if such member is eligible for
such participation and elects such participation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDBA99D622B34C84B9DCF165F7059B48"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States of the United States,
the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id318CDA8714694645A413DCB9B6C8959F"><enum>307.</enum><header>Provision of
chiropractic services to veterans enrolled in health care system of Department
of Veterans Affairs</header>
<subsection id="IDed30ce38c9fb4df7a68e4571132b3ad8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Comprehensive policy on
chiropractic services</header>
<paragraph id="idF1E0985ADBF64D73A6CFDE358D51B73D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2010, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall develop and implement a comprehensive policy on the provision of
chiropractic services provided at the expense of the Department of Veterans
Affairs to veterans enrolled in the health care system of the
Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf88d62d826ec4f9b9ad0b87b5aacd9a1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope of
Policy</header><text>The policy required by paragraph (1) shall cover each of
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa7cf1502b4c440d292f15ce2184bb042"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Department-wide
protocols governing referrals for chiropractic services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe4c8fd68038147aab26c6216c69f6086"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department-wide
protocols governing direct access to chiropractic services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8dc70b802bf94bc6a205508bfcf864e9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Department-wide
protocols governing the scope of practice of chiropractic practitioners.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9376de3ab353477d8db6ee0910954a07"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The definition of
chiropractic services to be provided.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5b91147290bc411caa70665004f93cf8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The assurance of prompt
and appropriate chiropractic services by the Department, system-wide, when
medically appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6e9bac550e944fc8aa1bacc8fa03c4df"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Department programs of
education and training for health care personnel of the Department regarding
the benefits of chiropractic services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb98c3031c6ab4484aa9353360c7c63e1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Department programs of
patient education for veterans suffering from back pain and related
disorders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID32297642f9004404a5a3df6d86cf1895"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The
Secretary shall revise the policy required by paragraph (1) on a periodic basis
in accordance with experience and evolving best practice guidelines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa0b1ac0708274543b5b1b0733fe3f28a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Secretary shall develop the policy required by paragraph (1), and revise such
policy under paragraph (3), in consultation with veterans service organizations
and other organizations with expertise regarding the benefits of chiropractic
services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfc1d912d9682469aa71eab22bf56331d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Locations for provision
of chiropractic services</header><text>In carrying out the policy required by
subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide chiropractic services at—</text>
<paragraph id="id80BD322844DF4F24B69E5B022B681110"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than two
locations in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id053192F8C17F4B9689A80250BA0D0A97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such locations as the
Secretary considers appropriate based on the Secretary's assessment of demand
for chiropractic services provided by the Department, including consideration
of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idC2A00CC65BA742A480D662B0B210C6AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The average time a
veteran seeking chiropractic services from the Department is required to wait
for such services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5BAF8D6EB11D4E81833B7AD919E5FEBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Rates of fee-based
care.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53DEEFC015FB4E5B97480DB300E652B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Such other considerations
as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4d5808dcc87c4ee18b23805e497ddfaf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual Report</header>
<paragraph id="ID5c71e19ac3184f8d977a3c3e96e2eeab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the completion
and initial implementation of the policy required by subsection (a)(1) and on
October 1 of every fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2020, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on
the implementation of the policy required by subsection (a)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID82441878723b401180582d20930ae552"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2134b8b44b344c4e8331e6379b0902f6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of the
policy developed and implemented under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and any
revisions to such policy under paragraph (3) of such subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7bc58e55c0b940f89a399797feddc107"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of the
performance measures used to determine the effectiveness of such policy in
improving the availability of chiropractic services for veterans
system-wide.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbfe06e52352e4f00bc31c69b3ccede7f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of the
adequacy of Department chiropractic services based on a survey of patients
managed in Department clinics.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd6928c792f794354bc7b4a918630e497"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An assessment of the
training provided to Department health care personnel with respect to the
benefits of chiropractic services and the appropriate referral of patients for
chiropractic services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID92417fc289b1417d9c2aafda2e2d2897"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An assessment of the
patient pain care education programs of the Department.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID05e26dc055f64120857c5bc03fed4745"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The number of episodes of
chiropractic services (including referrals for chiropractic services to
non-Department providers) granted in the preceding fiscal year, disaggregated
by facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd03403f9eb8043f0bf938cee22b7094a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Veterans Service
Organization defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>veterans
service organization</term> means any organization recognized by the Secretary
for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United
States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id49C39E83AA074E6384F6034B792FC5CD"><enum>308.</enum><header>Name of Department of
Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic, Alexandria, Minnesota</header>
<subsection id="idE5F6913401464EC2839B5AF7AD8CCD93"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Veterans Affairs
outpatient clinic in Alexandria, Minnesota, shall after the date of the
enactment of this Act be known and designated as the <quote>Max J. Beilke
Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA57841DC22F34BABAB9660AD6604F263"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in any law, regulation, map,
document, record, or other paper of the United States to the outpatient clinic
referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to the Max
J. Beilke Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Other
matters</header>
<section changed="added" committee-id="SSVA00" id="id2CA837DA623945D68CF0BD4E95E216E7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>401.</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subsection id="idF1A20F88024B452D84EB2276FFE0A519"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), amounts to carry out this Act
and the amendments made by this Act shall be derived, in whole or in part, from
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="idA1B7D7664F5E411C970502A18EDA446D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In fiscal years after
fiscal year 2009, from amounts appropriated or otherwise available for fiscal
year 2009 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical services that
remain available for obligation as of the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1A5050119E5D421A8687930F405B0A94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In fiscal years after
fiscal year 2010, from amounts appropriated or otherwise available for fiscal
year 2010 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical services that
remain available for obligation as of October 1, 2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA103C43E97694444912BCCFCE2334206"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Amounts
described in subsection (a) shall not be available in accordance with that
subsection to the extent, as determined by the Secretary, the availability of
such amounts in accordance with that subsection would otherwise limit or impede
the delivery of health care services to veterans.</text>
</subsection></section>Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision
of assistance to homeless veterans and the provision of health care to
veterans, and for other purposes.
.
April 29, 2010
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the
title