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TEAM Veteran Caregivers Act TEAM Veteran Caregivers Act Transparency and Effective Accountability Measures for Veteran Caregivers Act Transparency and Effective Accountability Measures for Veteran Caregivers Act The bill revises the administration of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) caregiver programs. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to formally recognize caregivers of veterans by identifying any caregiver in the electronic health record of the veteran. Such caregivers covered by the bill include those approved as a provider of personal care services under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers and those participating in the Program of General Caregiver Support Services. The bill requires the VA to use standardized letters to notify veterans, their caregivers, and applicants for the program regarding decisions affecting the furnishing of assistance under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers. The bill also authorizes the VA to temporarily extend benefits under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, including the monthly personal caregiver stipend, after determining that a veteran is no longer clinically eligible for the program.

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Gary Peters (D)*,  Lamar Alexander (R),  Marsha Blackburn (R),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Dick Durbin (D),  Cory Gardner (R),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Doug Jones (D),  Tim Kaine (D),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Martha McSally (R),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Jerry Moran (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Mike Rounds (R),  Kyrsten Sinema (I), 

Became Public Law No: 116-278. (on 12/31/2020)

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