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Title: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends and addresses home care and caregiver programs provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Highlights:

  • Amends and addresses home care and caregiver programs provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-404).

  • Specifies that under this bill the cost of providing noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care may not exceed the cost that would have been incurred if a veteran had been furnished VA nursing home care unless the VA determines that a higher cost is in the best interest of the veteran (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-404).

  • Specifies that under current law these expenditures are limited to 65% of the cost (Sec. ).

  • Requires the VA to additionally (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-404):

    • establish a partnership with the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly in certain areas to furnish noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care;

    • implement various programs (e.g., the Veteran Directed Care program) to expand access to home- and community-based services;

    • provide specified support and benefits to caregivers of certain disabled veterans;

    • implement a pilot program to provide homemaker and home health aide services to veterans who reside in communities with a shortage of home health aides; and

    • ensure the availability of home and community-based services for Native American veterans.

  • Requires that for veterans or family caregivers who are discharged from the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, a caregiver support coordinator must provide for a personalized transition to an appropriate program (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-404).

  • Requires the Veterans Health Administration to review programs administered through the Office of Geriatric and Extended Care to ensure consistency in program management, eliminate service gaps at the medical center level, and ensure the availability of and access to home and community-based services (Title V, Sec. 501-503).

NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS

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Title: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.

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Title: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

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