H.R. 4048 · 111th Congress
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Shelley Capito
- Introduced
- 2009-11-06
- Latest action
- 2009-11-13 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a five-year pilot program, in five rural states, under which the Secretary trains and then assigns a specific Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) case manager to each veteran diagnosed with traumatic brain injury who is receiving care in a VA facility in that state.