Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Aid and Attendance Support Act This bill increases the amount of specified Department of Veterans Affairs benefit payments for veterans (or their survivors) who require aid at home or are in nursing homes. Specifically, the bill increases such benefits by 25% until 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability assistanceEmergency medical services and trauma careHospital careInfectious and parasitic diseasesLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation
Aid and Attendance Support Act
USA116th CongressHR-6860| House
| Updated: 9/30/2020
Aid and Attendance Support Act This bill increases the amount of specified Department of Veterans Affairs benefit payments for veterans (or their survivors) who require aid at home or are in nursing homes. Specifically, the bill increases such benefits by 25% until 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability assistanceEmergency medical services and trauma careHospital careInfectious and parasitic diseasesLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation