,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ejac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #af1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,cassidy 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 carry out a pilot program to
 use amounts under the                  
,veteran-,directed ,care program to     
provide care to veterans with acquired  
brain injury1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,veteran ,acquired ,brain       
,injury ,caregiving ,act4  #b4 ,pilot   
program on use of amounts under         
,veteran-,directed ,care program to     
provide care to veterans with acquired  
brain injury  7a7 ,in general ,beginning
 not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
carry out a five-year pilot program     
under which an eligible veteran may use 

funds under the ,veteran-,directed ,care
 program to purchase care from an       
eligible veteran mission-driven         
nonprofit4  7b7 ,locations ,the         
,secretary shall select not fewer than  
five medical centers of the ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs at which to carry 
out the pilot program under subsection  
7a74  7c7 ,annual report ,not later than
 one year after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 and not less    
frequently than annually thereafter     
until the termination of the pilot      
program under subsection 7a71 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 containing the
 following3 7#a7 ,the number of eligible
 veterans receiving assistance under the
 pilot program4  7#b7 ,the number of    
eligible veteran mission-driven         
nonprofits participating in the pilot   
program4  7#c7 ,an evaluation of the    

clinical outcomes of veterans           
participating in the pilot program1     
veteran satisfaction with the pilot     
program1 and other relevant data the    
,secretary determines appropriate4  7d7 
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,eligible veteran ,the term eligible    
veteran means a veteran who-- 7,a7 is   
clinically assessed to have an acquired 
brain injury2 and  7,b7 is an eligible  
veteran under section #agbj,l of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7       
,eligible veteran mission-driven        
nonprofit ,the term eligible veteran    
mission-driven nonprofit means an       
organization-- 7,a7 described in section
 #eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal ,revenue 
,code of #aihf that is exempt from      
taxation under section #eja7;a7 of such 
,code2 and  7,b7 that provides services 
provided under the ,veteran-,directed   
,care program for a veteran4  7#c7      
,veteran-,directed ,care program ,the   
term ,veteran-,directed ,care program   
means the program under section         

#agbj,l7b7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states
 ,code4