Sec. 301. Analysis of feasibility and advisability of expanding assistance and support to caregivers to include caregivers of veterans in the Republic of the Philippines
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Congress makes the following findings: Although section 161 of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–182 ; 132 Stat. 1438) expanded the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs under section 1720G(a) of title 38, United States Code, to veterans of all eras, it did not expand the program to family caregivers for veterans overseas. Although caregivers for veterans overseas can access online resources as part of the program of support services for caregivers of veterans under subsection
(b)section 1720G of such title, those caregivers miss out on all of the comprehensive services and benefits provided under subsection
(a)of such section. The Department has an outpatient clinic and a regional benefits office in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, and the Foreign Medical Program of the Department under section 1724 of such title is used heavily in the Republic of the Philippines by veterans who live in that country. Due to the presence of facilities of the Department in the Republic of the Philippines and the number of veterans who reside there, that country is a suitable test case to analyze the feasibility and advisability of expanding caregiver support to caregivers of veterans overseas. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall complete an analysis of the feasibility and advisability of making assistance and support under section 1720G(a) of title 38, United States Code, available to caregivers of veterans in the Republic of the Philippines. Not later than 180 days after the conclusion of the analysis conducted under subsection (b), 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 that includes the following: The results of such analysis. An assessment of the number of veterans who are enrolled in the patient enrollment system and reside in the Republic of the Philippines. An assessment of the number of veterans who are enrolled in the patient enrollment system and reside in the Republic of the Philippines that have a caregiver to provide them personal care services described in section 1720G(a)(C) of title 38, United States Code. An assessment of the staffing needs and associated cost of making assistance and support to available to caregivers of veterans in the Republic of the Philippines. In this section: The term caregiver has the meaning given that term in section 1720G(d) of title 38, United States Code. The term patient enrollment system means the system of annual patient enrollment of the Department of Veterans Affairs established and operated under section 1705(a) of such title. The term veteran has the meaning given that term in section 101(2) of such title.
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Analysis of feasibility and advisability of expanding assistance and support to caregivers to include caregivers of veterans in the Republic of the Philippines
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