S 657
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Disability and paralysis
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care
Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2015
Introduced: March 4, 2015
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1305-1306; text of measure as introduced: CR S1306)
Mar 4, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2015
Extends to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury the eligibility to participate in the Department of Veterans Affairs program of comprehensive assistance to family caregivers of such veterans. (Under current law, such eligibility is limited to those veterans who incurred such an injury on or after September 11, 2001.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1305-1306; text of measure as introduced: CR S1306)
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1