Expands medical coverage, employment help, and retirement planning for family caregivers of veterans who receive personal care services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, including a 180-day period of continued benefits after leaving the program.

• Extends VA medical care for designated primary caregivers for 180 days after their designation is removed, except those dismissed for fraud, abuse, or mistreatment, and bars that extended care for anyone entitled to Medicare Part A during that period
• Requires VA to reimburse up to $1,000 in lifetime certification or relicensure fees and to give caregivers free access to VA training modules and employment assistance through Defense and Labor programs
• Adds retirement planning services, bereavement counseling and support, and help returning to the workforce to the family caregiver program, with studies on a returnship program and on hiring former caregivers at VA
• Directs a GAO report within two years on VA efforts to help caregivers transition away from caregiving, and a VA report within one year on a retirement savings plan for these caregivers

• Ways and Means Committee (House)
• Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)

Armed Forces and National Security