Sec. 605. Pilot program on provision of intensive case management interventions to homeless veterans who receive the most health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs
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Not later than September 1, 2017, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing intensive case management interventions to covered veterans. For purposes of the pilot program, a covered veteran is a veteran who is enrolled in— the homeless registry of the Department; and the system of annual patient enrollment established and operated by the Secretary under section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code.
The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program at not fewer than six locations selected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot program as follows: Not fewer than three locations in cities that have the largest populations of homeless veterans in the United States. Not fewer than three locations in suburban or rural settings. In selecting locations under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall only select locations in areas in which the Secretary determines that there is a high degree of interaction and coordination between the Department and community organizations that provide housing and social services for veterans, such as outreach, employment, and financial assistance for homeless veterans, veterans at risk of becoming homeless, and low-income veterans.
In carrying out the program at each location selected under subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide intensive case management interventions to not fewer than 20 covered veterans at each such location who the Secretary determines are the covered veterans at such location who receive the most health care and related services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The intensive case management interventions provided to covered veterans under paragraph
(1)shall include assistance with gaining and maintaining access to such housing and services, including benefits and services to which covered veterans may be entitled or eligible under the laws administered by the Secretary, as may be necessary to improve the stability of their housing and the appropriateness of the health care that they receive. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the pilot program carried out under this section. The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include assessments of the following: The types and frequencies of intensive case management interventions provided under the pilot program. The housing status of each veteran who received an intensive case management intervention under the pilot program. The employment status of each veteran who received an intensive case management intervention under the pilot program, including a comparison of the employment status of such veteran before and after receiving such intervention. The use by veterans who received intensive case management interventions under the pilot program of health care and related services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the costs incurred by the Department in furnishing such care and services, including a comparison of the use by such veterans of such care and services and the costs incurred from furnishing such care and services before and after receiving such interventions. The number of veterans who received intensive case management interventions under the pilot program, disaggregated by whether the intensive case management intervention was provided in a location described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of subsection (c)(1). The costs incurred by the Department in carrying out the pilot program, disaggregated by provision of intensive case management interventions in locations described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of such subsection. An estimate of the costs the Department would have incurred for the provision of health care and associated services to covered veterans but for the provision of intensive case management interventions under the pilot program, disaggregated by provision of intensive case management interventions in locations described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of subsection (c)(1).