S. 1950
113th Congress
Senate
Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014
Official title: A bill to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes.
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Feb 4, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S736)
Feb 4, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S707)
Feb 3, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S665)
Jan 30, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S611-613)
Jan 29, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S557-559)
Jan 27, 2014
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
Jan 16, 2014
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jan 16, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S445-447)
Jan 16, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S736)
Plain-English summary
Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends federal veterans provisions to revise or add provisions concerning medical services and other benefits provided to veterans and/or their dependents through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) relating to the following areas:
- survivor and dependent matters, including benefits for children of certain veterans born with spina bifida;
- education matters, including the approval of courses for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force and the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance programs;
- the expansion and extension of certain health care benefits, including immunizations, chiropractic care, treatment for traumatic brain injury, and wellness promotion;
- health care administration, including extension of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program;
- complementary and alternative medicine;
- mental health care, including an education program and peer support program for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders;
- dental care eligibility and expansion, including a program of education to promote dental health in veterans;
- health care related to sexual trauma, including appropriate counseling and treatment and a screening mechanism to detect incidents of domestic abuse;
- reproductive treatment and services, including fertility counseling as well as adoption assistance for severely wounded veterans;
- major medical facility leases;
- veterans' employment training and related services;
- veterans' employment, including within the federal government and as first responders;
- career transition services;
- employment and reemployment rights of members of the Armed Forces after active duty service;
- small business matters, including contracting and subcontracting participation goals with federal departments and agencies;
- administrative matters, including regional support centers for Veterans Integrated Service Networks;
- the revision of claims based on military sexual trauma as well as claims for dependency and indemnity compensation;
- jurisdictional matters, including with respect to the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; and
- outreach and miscellaneous matters, including repeal of the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
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