[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4055 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4055

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide certain information when denying claims for 
traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 2017

  Mr. Kildee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide certain information when denying claims for 
traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency For Wounded Warriors 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DENIAL OF CLAIMS FOR TRAUMATIC INJURY PROTECTION UNDER 
              SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.

    Section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) If a claim by a member under this section is denied, the 
Secretary shall furnish to the member, at the same time as the member 
is informed of such denial, a detailed legal analysis for the reason of 
the denial and all of the information the Secretary relied on in making 
that decision. Any information not provided, or reasoning not 
articulated, in the such analysis may not be used by the Secretary to 
justify a further denial on appeal.''.
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