Disabled Veterans Dignity Act: Home Bowel and Bladder Care Program.
This Act mandates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program providing essential bowel and bladder care for veterans with spinal cord injuries or disorders who live outside institutional settings. The program aims to improve quality of life and prevent life-threatening complications by offering financial support and necessary medical training to family or individual caregivers. Crucially, these caregivers will not be treated as contractors, avoiding self-employment tax burdens.
Key points
VA must create a program providing essential bowel and bladder care for veterans with spinal cord injuries living at home, based on individualized clinical need.
Family and individual caregivers receive a monthly stipend for providing care and are explicitly not considered vendors or contractors for program purposes.
Veterans requiring continuous care for three years or more are deemed eligible for lifetime care unless a medical provider determines the service is no longer needed.
VA is required to provide necessary supportive medical training to family members and individual caregivers.
Status:
Introduced
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