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Caregiver News

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Bill Name
Senate Bill & Sponsor
HR Bill & Sponsor
Notes
Senate Status
HR Status
TEAM Veteran Caregivers Act of 2023
HR 104 - Rep Andy Biggs
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/104
Military and Veteran Caregiver Student Loan Relief Act of 2023
HR 1001 - Rep Gerald Connolly and Michael Turner
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1001/text
VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023
S. 236 - Sen Jon Tester
Added: S. 216 & S. 141 under Amendments 87, 88
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/326
Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023
S. 141 - Sen Jerry Moran
HR 542 - Rep Julia Brownley
See S.326
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/141
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/542
RESPECT Act of 2023
S. 216 - Sen Jerry Moran
See S.326
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/216
*HR 3581
Rep. Jen Kiggens
Potentially named COPE Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3581/all-info

Announcements

May 1, 2024

NOTICE: Veterans' Family, Caregiver, and Survivor Federal Advisory Committee meeting 2024 May 1

March 28, 2024

NOTICE: VA Disability Compensation Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 2024 March 28 and 29

January 20, 2023

Public Comment: Federal Advisory Committee Veterans' Family, Caregiver, and Survivor Meeting January 25-26, 2022

September 15, 2022

Official Statement on the
Sept. 15, 2022
VA Interim Rule Extending Legacy Participants

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News Stories

Oct 5, 2022

Benjamin Krause

Elizabeth Dole Steps Down Quietly From Leadership Role

Oct 14, 2022

Drew F. Lawrence

Fire Watch Episode 7: The Army of Families Caring for America's Wounded Vets

Oct 5, 2022

Jim Absher

VA Offers Pre-Determination of Burial Eligibility

Oct 2, 2022

Richard Leonard

Richard Leonard: Truth About Veteran Suicide, VA Coverup?

Sep 30, 2022

Patricia Kime

VA Family Caregiver Program Open to Thousands More as of Oct. 1

Sep 24, 2022

Mary Anne Dunkin

How Do Service Dogs Help PTSD Symptoms in Veterans?

Sep 24, 2022

Richard Leonard

Richard Leonard Show: Lifesaving Care For Vets Still in Limbo, Keep Pressure on VA

Sep 23, 2022

Annette Boyle

VA Partners With American Kidney Fund, Business to Tackle CKD

Sep 23, 2022

Mary Anne Dunkin

GI Symptoms, IBS Are More Prevalent Among Veterans with PTSD

Sep 23, 2022

Stephen Spotswood

Psychologist Colleen Richardson Makes Sure VA Properly Cares for Caregivers

Sep 20, 2022

Benjamin Krause

VA Caregiver Program Purges: Who Is Behind What?

Sep 17, 2022

Richard Leonard

Richard Leonard Show: VA Caregivers Speak Out, Fear PURGE No More

Sep 16, 2022

By Air Force Veteran Adam Stump is a public affairs specialist with VA's Digital Media Engagement team.

Caregivers have been overlooked, those days are over, VA secretary says

Sep 16, 2022

Benjamin Krause

VA Puts 3-Year Pause On VA Caregiver Purge With 30 Citations To Veteran Warriors Lawsuit

Sep 15, 2022

Leo Shane III

VA to extend caregiver benefits to ā€˜legacyā€™ families until late 2025

Sep 15, 2022

Benjamin Krause

Caregivers Take Fight Right To McDonough, Issue ā€˜Remy Challengeā€™

Aug 31, 2022

Benjamin Krause

Concerned Caregivers Fight To Have A Voice

Aug 28, 2022

Richard Leonard

The Richard Leonard Show: Loved Ones Caring For Veterans as a Full Time Job

Aug 15, 2022

Benjamin Krause

PACT Act: Can VA Fight Off Future Backlog?

Aug 13, 2022

Richard Leonard

Richard Leonard Show: Survivors Guilt: Veterans Struggle With PTSD & Reliving The Past

Jun 9, 2022

Patricia Kime

VA Suspending Caregiver Reassessments as it Reviews Program

May 4, 2022

Patricia Kime

VA Disqualifies Vets from Caregiver Program Despite Promised Pause amid Review

May 1, 2022

Richard Leonard

Richard Leonard Show: Burn Pits: Could They Be As Deadly As Agent Orange?

Mar 24, 2022

Patricia Kime

'Dehumanizing:' Why Veterans Are Giving Up on the Caregiver Program After Surge of Expulsions

Mar 23, 2022

Leo Shane III

VA caregiver program needs total overhaul as problems mount, advocates say

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