,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bc1     
#bjba,ms4 ,hirono introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,veterans     
,affairs to make all fact sheets of the 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
available in ,english1 ,spanish1 and    
,tagalog1 and other commonly spoken     
languages1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans and ,family ,information  
,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,availability of    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs fact  
sheets in commonly spoken languages  7a7
 ,languages ,the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall make available versions 
of all fact sheets of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs in-- 7#a7 ,english2 
7#b7 ,spanish2  7#c7 ,tagalog2 and  7#d7
 each of the #aj most commonly spoken   
languages1 other than ,english1 in the  

,united ,states that are not otherwise  
covered by paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c74    
7b7 ,website  7#a7 ,in general ,the     
,secretary shall establish and maintain 
a publicly available website of the     
,department that contains links to all  
fact sheets of the ,veterans ,benefits  
,administration1 ,veterans ,health      
,administration1 and of the ,national   
,cemetery ,administration4  7#b7 ,access
 to website ,the ,secretary shall ensure
 that the website established under     
paragraph 7#a7 is accessible by a       
clearly labeled hyperlink on the        
homepage of the ,department4  7c7       
,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to ,congress a report      
regarding fact sheets described in      
subsection 7a7 and details of the       
,language ,access ,plan of the          
,department of ,veteran ,affairs4  7#b7 
,contents ,the report required by       
paragraph 7#a7 shall include the        

following3 7,a7 ,what the ,secretary    
determines constitutes a fact sheet of  
the ,department for purposes of this    
section4  7,b7 ,how such fact sheets are
 used and distributed other than on and 
through the website of the ,department4 
7,c7 ,how such ,language ,access ,plan  
is communicated to veterans1 family     
members of veterans1 and caregivers4    
7,d7 ,the roles and responsibilities of 
patient advocates in the coordination of
 care for veterans with limited ,english
 proficiency1 family members of such    
veterans1 and caregivers4  7,e7 ,other  
demographic information that the        
,secretary determines appropriate       
regarding veterans with limited ,english
 proficiency4