S.Amdt. 4560
What it does: Adds SEC. 604. REPORTS ON PROGRESS OF THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN ADDRESSING CAUSES FOR VARIANCES IN COMPENSATION PAYMENTS FOR VETERANS FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES at the end of title VI
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1315 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 604. REPORTS ON PROGRESS OF THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN ADDRESSING CAUSES FOR VARIANCES IN COMPENSATION PAYMENTS FOR VETERANS FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES at the end of title VI
Adds a sectionIn S. 1315 · Reported to Senate
"(b) The conditions in subsections (h) and (i) of section 1521 of this title shall apply to determinations of income and maximum payments of pension for purposes of this section.".
Inserted: SEC. 604. REPORTS ON PROGRESS OF THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN ADDRESSING CAUSES FOR VARIANCES IN COMPENSATION PAYMENTS FOR VETERANS FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.
Inserted: (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter through 2012, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the congressional veterans affairs committees a report describing the progress of the Secretary in addressing the causes of variances in compensation payments for veterans for service-connected disabilities.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) A description of the efforts of the Veterans Benefits Administration to coordinate with the Veterans Health Administration to improve the quality of examinations of veterans with service-connected disabilities that are performed by the Veterans Health Administration and contract clinicians, including efforts relating to the use of approved templates for such examinations and of reports on such examinations that are based on such templates prepared in an easily-readable format.
Inserted: (2) An assessment of the current personnel requirements of the Veterans Benefits Administration, including an assessment of the adequacy of the number of personnel assigned to each regional office of the Administration for each type of claim adjudication position.
Inserted: (3) A description of the differences, if any, in current patterns of submittal rate of claims to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding service-connected disabilities among various populations of veterans, including veterans living in rural and highly rural areas, minority veterans, veterans who served in the National Guard or Reserve, and veterans who are retired from the Armed Forces military retirees, and a description and assessment of efforts undertaken to eliminate such differences.
Inserted: (c) Definitions.--In this section:
Inserted: (1) The term "congressional veterans affairs committees" means--
Inserted: (A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
Inserted: (B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Inserted: (2) Highly rural.--The term "highly rural", in the case of an area, means that the area consists of a county or counties having a population of less than seven persons per square mile.
Original wording
At the end of title VI, add the following:
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As printed
SA 4560. Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Lugar) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1315, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 604. REPORTS ON PROGRESS OF THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN ADDRESSING CAUSES FOR VARIANCES IN COMPENSATION PAYMENTS FOR VETERANS FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.
(a) Reports Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter through 2012, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the congressional veterans affairs committees a report describing the progress of the Secretary in addressing the causes of variances in compensation payments for veterans for service-connected disabilities.
(b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the efforts of the Veterans Benefits Administration to coordinate with the Veterans Health Administration to improve the quality of examinations of veterans with service-connected disabilities that are performed by the Veterans Health Administration and contract clinicians, including efforts relating to the use of approved templates for such examinations and of reports on such examinations that are based on such templates prepared in an easily-readable format.
(2) An assessment of the current personnel requirements of the Veterans Benefits Administration, including an assessment of the adequacy of the number of personnel assigned to each regional office of the Administration for each type of claim adjudication position.
(3) A description of the differences, if any, in current patterns of submittal rate of claims to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding service-connected disabilities among various populations of veterans, including veterans living in rural and highly rural areas, minority veterans, veterans who served in the National Guard or Reserve, and veterans who are retired from the Armed Forces military retirees, and a description and assessment of efforts undertaken to eliminate such differences.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term “congressional veterans affairs committees” means--
(A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) Highly rural.--The term “highly rural”, in the case of an area, means that the area consists of a county or counties having a population of less than seven persons per square mile.
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Senate amendment submitted
April 22, 2008