To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the program of support services for caregivers of veterans of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SA 2949. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title II of division C, add the following:

SEC. 2__. REPORT ON CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
House of Representatives a report that contains--
(1) the number of coordinators of caregiver support
services under the program of support services for caregivers
of veterans under section 1720G(b) of title 38, United States
Code, at each medical center of the Department of Veterans
Affairs;
(2) the number of staff assigned to appeals for such
program at each such medical center; and
(3) a determination by the Secretary of the appropriate
staff-to-participant ratio for such program.
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