    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 113-257
    113th Congress

    An Act

    To extend and modify a pilot program on assisted living services for
    veterans with traumatic brain injury. <>

    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 ``Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care
    Improvement Act of 2014''.
    SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON ASSISTED
    LIVING SERVICES FOR VETERANS WITH TRAUMATIC
    BRAIN INJURY.

    (a) Modification of Report Requirements.--Subsection (e) of section
    1705 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
    (Public Law 110-181; 38 U.S.C. 1710C note) is amended to read as
    follows:
    ``(e) Reports.--
    ``(1) Quarterly reports.--
    ``(A) <> In general.--For each
    calendar quarter occurring during the period beginning
    January 1, 2015, and ending September 30, 2017, the
    Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans'
    Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
    report on the pilot program.
    ``(B) Elements.--Each report submitted under
    subparagraph (A) shall include each of the following for
    the quarter preceding the quarter during which the
    report is submitted the following:
    ``(i) The number of individuals that
    participated in the pilot program.
    ``(ii) The number of individuals that
    successfully completed the pilot program.
    ``(iii) The degree to which pilot program
    participants and family members of pilot program
    participants were satisfied with the pilot
    program.
    ``(iv) The interim findings and conclusions of
    the Secretary with respect to the success of the
    pilot program and recommendations for improvement.
    ``(2) Final report.--
    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the
    completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall
    submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the
    Senate and the House of Representatives a final report
    on the pilot program.

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    ``(B) Elements.--The final report required by
    subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
    ``(i) A description of the pilot program.
    ``(ii) The Secretary's assessment of the
    utility of the activities carried out under the
    pilot program in enhancing the rehabilitation,
    quality of life, and community reintegration of
    veterans with traumatic brain injury.
    ``(iii) An evaluation of the pilot program in
    light of independent living programs carried out
    by the Secretary under title 38, United States
    Code, including--
    ``(I) whether the pilot program
    duplicates services provided under such
    independent living programs;
    ``(II) the ways in which the pilot
    program provides different services that
    the services provided under such
    independent living program;
    ``(III) how the pilot program could
    be better defined or shaped; and
    ``(IV) whether the pilot program
    should be incorporated into such
    independent living programs.
    ``(iv) Such recommendations as the Secretary
    considers appropriate regarding improving the
    pilot program.''.

    (b) Definition of Community-Based Brain Injury Residential
    Rehabilitative Care Services.--Such section is further amended--
    (1) in the section heading, by striking ``assisted living''
    and inserting ``community-based brain injury residential
    rehabilitative care'';
    (2) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, by
    striking ``Assisted Living'' and inserting ``Community-Based
    Brain Injury Residential Rehabilitative Care'';
    (3) by striking ``assisted living'' each place it appears,
    and inserting ``community-based brain injury rehabilitative
    care''; and
    (4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``and personal care''
    and inserting ``rehabilitation, and personal care''.

    (c) <> Effective Date.--The amendments
    made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
    this Act.

    (d) Prohibition on New Appropriations.--No additional funds are
    authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act and the amendments
    made by this Act, and this Act and such amendments

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    shall be carried out using amounts otherwise available for such purpose.

    Approved December 18, 2014.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4276:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113-598 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
    Sept. 16, considered and passed House.
    Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate.