,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjad,ms4 ,ayotte 7for herself and ,mrs4
 ,shaheen7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to extend and modify a    
pilot program on assisted living        
services for veterans with traumatic    
brain injury1 and for other purposes4   
#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 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,senate and the ,committee on      
,veterans' ,affairs of 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 submitted3 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 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,senate and the ,committee on      
,veterans' ,affairs of 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 than 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  7d7
 ,prohibition on new appropriations ,no 
additional funds are authorized to be   
appropriated to carry out this ,act and 
the amendments made by this ,act1 and   
this ,act and such amendments shall be  
carried out using amounts otherwise     
available for such purpose4