Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act
Sponsored By: Representative Morelle
In Committee
Summary
This bill would expand supports for family caregivers of veterans by extending short-term VA medical coverage after caregiving ends and adding employment, retirement, and bereavement services.
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- Would let former primary caregivers keep VA medical care for 180 days after their designation ends, unless dismissed for fraud, abuse, or mistreatment. It would also restrict Medicare Part A eligibility during that 180-day window for those entitled to Part A.
- Would expand employment help by authorizing VA to reimburse up to $1,000 for certification or relicensing fees, provide free professional training modules, and connect caregivers to Department of Defense and Department of Labor employment programs. These supports would be available while caregivers participate and for 180 days after leaving the program, unless dismissed for fraud, abuse, or mistreatment.
- Would add retirement-planning services, post-participation transition help to return to work, and bereavement counseling following a veteran’s death. It would require VA and Labor studies on returnship feasibility within one year, a Treasury-coordinated retirement-savings feasibility study, and a Government Accountability Office assessment within two years.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Job and retirement help for VA caregivers
If you are a VA-designated primary caregiver, the VA would offer more help to restart your career. It would reimburse licensing or certification fees up to $1,000 lifetime. You could use free VA training for continuing education and get referrals to Military OneSource and the Department of Labor’s veterans employment programs. The program would add retirement planning and 180 days of transition coaching after you stop caregiving. VA could use agreements, not just contracts, to deliver these services. Help would be available while you are in the program and for 180 days after, unless dismissed for fraud, abuse, or mistreatment.
VA care after caregiving, not with Medicare
If you were a VA primary caregiver, you would get VA medical care for 180 days after your status ends. But if you are entitled to Medicare Part A in that time, you would not get VA care under this rule. These changes would start upon enactment. This would not apply if you were dismissed for fraud, abuse, or mistreatment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Morelle
NY • D
Cosponsors
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Pappas
NH • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 5/14/2025
McGarvey
KY • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 7/7/2025
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Horsford
NV • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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