We applaud Senators Patty Murray, Susan Collins, and Representative Jim
Langevin for introducing the "Military and Veteran Caregiver Services
Improvement Act" on March 9, 2017. DAV has worked diligent
We applaud Senators Patty Murray, Susan Collins, and Representative Jim
Langevin for introducing the "Military and Veteran Caregiver Services
Improvement Act" on March 9, 2017.
DAV has worked diligently for several years as a part of a larger
coalition of veterans organizations that promoted the advent of family
caregiver support services for severely injured and ill veterans.
Congress finally responded by enacting Public Law 111-163, the
Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010. However,
that law limited services and supports to family caregivers of veterans
who were injured or became severely ill in military service only on or
after September 11, 2001. That omission left thousands of veterans'
families without the level of caregiver support and services they have
needed because those veterans' health challenges, many from war
injuries, occurred before that effective date.
If enacted, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act
would responsibly and finally address these families' needs on the same
basis as those of veterans injured after September 11, 2001.
Ultimately, when fully implemented, the bill would improve the lives of
tens of thousands of veteran families, and will save the federal
government a significant amount of resources that otherwise would need
to be spent to provide institutional solutions to these veterans'
health challenges and health maintenance. This bill is both beneficial
to these families and a taxpayer-friendly measure.
Please write your elected representatives to urge co-sponsorship and
support of passage of S. 591 and H.R. 1472. A letter has been prepared
for this purpose or you may write your own to express your views. As
always, thank you for your support.
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