,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dde  #aacth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#dbgf  ,report ,no4 #aac-eih  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march 
#ah1 #bjad ,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,mc,carthy of ,california7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,september #ae1    
#bjad ,additional sponsors3 ,mr4        
,enyart1 ,mr4 ,jolly1 ,mrs4 ,brooks of  
,indiana1 ,mr4 ,young of ,indiana1 and  
,ms4 ,sinema  ,september #ae1 #bjad     
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed ,strike out all after the
 enacting clause and insert the part    
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,march #ah1 #bjad  ,a     
,,bill  ,to extend and modify a pilot   
program on assisted living services for 
veterans with traumatic brain injury4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited

 as the ,veterans ,traumatic ,brain     
,injury ,care ,improvement ,act of      
#bjad4  #b4 ,extension and modification 
of pilot program on assisted living     
services for veterans with traumatic    
brain injury  7a7 ,modification of      
report requirements ,subsection 7e7 of  
section #agje of the ,national ,defense 
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjjh 7,public ,law #aaj-aha2 #ch       
,u4,s4,c4 #agaj;,c note7 is amended to  
read as follows3  7e7 ,reports  7#a7    
,quarterly reports  7,a7 ,in general    
,for each calendar quarter occurring    
during the period beginning ,january #a1
 #bjae1 and ending ,september #cj1      
#bjag1 the ,secretary shall submit to   
the ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs  
of the ,senate and the ,house of        
,representatives a report on the pilot  
program4  7,b7 ,elements ,each report   
submitted under subparagraph 7,a7 shall 
include each of the following for the   
quarter preceding the quarter during    
which the report is submitted the       

following3  7i7 ,the number of          
individuals that participated in the    
pilot program4  7ii7 ,the number of     
individuals that successfully completed 
the pilot program4  7iii7 ,the degree to
 which pilot program participants and   
family members of pilot program         
participants were satisfied with the    
pilot program4  7iv7 ,the interim       
findings and conclusions of the         
,secretary with respect to the success  
of the pilot program and recommendations
 for improvement4  7#b7 ,final report   
7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #fj    
days after the completion of the pilot  
program1 the ,secretary shall submit to 
the ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs  
of the ,senate and the ,house of        
,representatives a final report on the  
pilot program4  7,b7 ,elements ,the     
final report required by subparagraph   
7,a7 shall include the following3  7i7  
,a description of the pilot program4    
7ii7 ,the ,secretary's assessment of the
 utility of the activities carried out  

under the pilot program in enhancing the
 rehabilitation1 quality of life1 and   
community reintegration of veterans with
 traumatic brain injury4  7iii7 ,an     
evaluation of the pilot program in light
 of independent living programs carried 
out by the ,secretary under title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 including--  7,i7
 whether the pilot program duplicates   
services provided under such independent
 living programs2  7,,ii7 the ways in   
which the pilot program provides        
different services that the services    
provided under such independent living  
program2  7,,iii7 how the pilot program 
could be better defined or shaped2 and  
7,,iv7 whether the pilot program should 
be incorporated into such independent   
living programs4  7iv7 ,such            
recommendations as the ,secretary       
considers appropriate regarding         
improving the pilot program4  4  7b7    
,definition of community-based brain    
injury residential rehabilitative care  
services ,such section is further       

amended--  7#a7 in the section heading1 
by striking assisted living and         
inserting community-based brain injury  
residential rehabilitative care2  7#b7  
in subsection 7c71 in the subsection    
heading1 by striking ,assisted ,living  
and inserting ,community-,based ,brain  
,injury ,residential ,rehabilitative    
,care2  7#c7 by striking assisted living
 each place it appears1 and inserting   
community-based brain injury            
rehabilitative care2 and  7#d7 in       
subsection 7f77#a71 by striking and     
personal care and inserting             
rehabilitation1 and personal care4  7c7 
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4     
,september #ae1 #bjad ,reported with an 
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed