S.Amdt. 5469

1. Adds SEC. 1068. SENSE OF SENATE ON CARE FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS at the end of subtitle F of title X

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   In S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (c) Senior Oversight Committee Defined.--In this section, the term "Senior Oversight Committee" means the Senior Oversight Committee jointly established by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in May 2007. The Senior Oversight Committee was established to address concerns related to the treatment of wounded, ill, and injured members of the Armed Forces and veterans and serve as the single point of contact for oversight, strategy, and integration of proposed strategies for the efforts of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve support throughout the recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration of wounded, ill, or injured members of the Armed Forces.

   Inserted: SEC. 1068. SENSE OF SENATE ON CARE FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) The Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of Public Law 110-181) established a comprehensive policy on improvements to care, management, and transition of recovering service members.

   Inserted: (2) This policy included guidance on Training and Skills of Health Care Professionals, Recovery Care Coordinators, Medical Care Case Managers, and Non-Medical Care Managers for Recovering Service Members.

   Inserted: (3) The Department of Veterans Affairs currently has eight fully trained Recovery Care Coordinators in the field serving 123 wounded warriors with an additional two Recovery Care Coordinators in training and additional applicants being considered.

   Inserted: (4) The requirement for Recovery Care Coordinators and Medical Care Case Managers continues to exceed the current availability of these personnel within the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense should--

   Inserted: (1) aggressively recruit, hire, and train individuals as Recovery Care Coordinators, Medical Care Case Managers, and Non-Medical Care Managers for Recovering Service Members;

   Inserted: (2) establish partnerships between Department of Defense medical facilities and Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, on the one hand, and public and private institutions of higher education, on the other hand, to assist in training medical care case management personnel needed to support returning wounded and ill service members;

   Inserted: (3) work closely with public and private institutions of higher education to ensure the most current care management techniques and evidence-based guidelines are incorporated into training programs for Health Care Professionals, Recovery Care Coordinators, Medical Care Case Managers, and Non-Medical Care Managers; and

   Inserted: (4) ensure the availability of the services of Recovery Care Coordinators, Medical Care Case Managers, and Non-Medical Care Managers to any wounded and disabled recovering service members, who need or desire such services.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

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