S.Amdt. 2256
What it does: Adds SEC. 594. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROGRAM ON FACILITATION OF TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO RECEIPT OF VETERANS HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AFTER COMPLETION OF MILITARY SERVICE at the end of subtitle H of title V
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 1585
Adds SEC. 594. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROGRAM ON FACILITATION OF TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO RECEIPT OF VETERANS HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AFTER COMPLETION OF MILITARY SERVICE at the end of subtitle H of title V
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 594. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROGRAM ON FACILITATION OF TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO RECEIPT OF VETERANS HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AFTER COMPLETION OF MILITARY SERVICE.
Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should, in developing the comprehensive policy required by section 1611 as added by Senate amendment 2019, consider establishing a program that utilizes eligible entities to assist members of the Armed Forces, particularly members described in subsection (b), in applying for and receiving health care benefits and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs and otherwise after completion of military service in order to ensure that such members receive a continuity of care and assistance in and after the transition from military service to civilian life.
Inserted: (b) Target Populations.--Members described in this subsection are all members of the Armed Forces, particularly the following:
Inserted: (1) Members with serious wounds or injuries.
Inserted: (2) Members with mental disorders.
Inserted: (3) Women members.
Inserted: (4) Members of the National Guard and the Reserves.
Inserted: (c) Veteran Navigator.--The program described in subsection (a) should include a requirement that eligible entities provide assistance under the program through qualified individuals who provide such assistance on an individualized basis to members of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) as they transition from military service to civilian life and during the commencement of their receipt of health care benefits and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs and otherwise. An individual providing such assistance would be referred to as a "veteran navigator".
Inserted: (d) Eligible Entities Defined.--In this section, the term " eligible entity" means any entity or organization that--
Inserted: (1) is independent of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
Inserted: (2) has or can acquire the capacity, including appropriate personnel, to provide assistance under the pilot program described in this section.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2256. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:
SEC. 594. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROGRAM ON FACILITATION OF TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO RECEIPT OF VETERANS HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AFTER COMPLETION OF MILITARY SERVICE.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should, in developing the comprehensive policy required by section 1611 as added by Senate amendment 2019, consider establishing a program that utilizes eligible entities to assist members of the Armed Forces, particularly members described in subsection (b), in applying for and receiving health care benefits and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs and otherwise after completion of military service in order to ensure that such members receive a continuity of care and assistance in and after the transition from military service to civilian life.
(b) Target Populations.--Members described in this subsection are all members of the Armed Forces, particularly the following:
(1) Members with serious wounds or injuries.
(2) Members with mental disorders.
(3) Women members.
(4) Members of the National Guard and the Reserves.
(c) Veteran Navigator.--The program described in subsection (a) should include a requirement that eligible entities provide assistance under the program through qualified individuals who provide such assistance on an individualized basis to members of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) as they transition from military service to civilian life and during the commencement of their receipt of health care benefits and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs and otherwise. An individual providing such assistance would be referred to as a “veteran navigator”.
(d) Eligible Entities Defined.--In this section, the term “ eligible entity” means any entity or organization that--
(1) is independent of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(2) has or can acquire the capacity, including appropriate personnel, to provide assistance under the pilot program described in this section.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 16, 2007