Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007
Latest action · May 3, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 3, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007 - Requires a member of the Armed Forces (member) in an outpatient status at a military medical treatment facility (facility) to be assigned a medical care case manager and a service member advocate, each of whom have completed a training program and curriculum for such management.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a: (1) Department of Defense (DOD)-wide Ombudsman Office; (2) toll-free hotline for reporting deficiencies in medical services and medical support facilities; (3) standardized training program and curriculum for military personnel and health care professionals involved in the disability evaluation system; and (4) pilot program to track and assist outpatient members who are still in need of medical treatment.
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to: (1) notify appropriate Members of Congress of the hospitalization of members evacuated from a theater of combat; and (2) ensure that members appearing before medical evaluation boards have access to an independent medical advocate.
Requires reports concerning: (1) enhanced training for individuals providing assistance to recovering members; (2) the adequacy and quality of medical and medical-support facilities at each military installation; and (3) traumatic brain injury classifications.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide a process for the transition of members from the DOD health care and disability systems to those of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (2) allow reserve members to use facilities closest to home for the treatment of injuries sustained in a combat theater of operations; (3) develop a plan and conduct research for reducing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat veterans; (4) study the provision of support services for families of recovering members; (5) evaluate the Polytrauma Liaison Officer/Non-Commissioned Officer program; (6) study waiting periods for appointments at VA facilities; and (7) study the development of a joint soldier tracking system for recovering members.
Establishes the: (1) Department of Defense Medical Support Fund; and (2) Oversight Board for Wounded Warriors.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 3, 2007 to May 8, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | May 3, 2007 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | May 8, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 3, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 3, 2007Introduced in Senate
- May 3, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5570-5571)
- May 3, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10729 | Saxby Chambliss R-GA | Aug 2, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5570 | Mark L. Pryor D-AR, Saxby Chambliss R-GA | May 3, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1538 | Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act | Related bill | Sep 5, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative remedies
- Ambulatory care
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Brain
- Case management
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congress and military policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer complaints
- Continuum of care
- Counseling
- Curricula
- Defense budgets
- Dental care
- Department of Defense
- Disability evaluation
- Disability retirement
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic data interchange
- Employee training
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Family services
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal employees
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Head injuries
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health information systems
- Health planning
- Higher education
- Hospital care
- Housing and Community Development
- Inspectors general
- Iraq compilation
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Marines
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medical records
- Mental health
- Military dependents
- Military discharges
- Military hospitals
- Military housing
- Military medicine
- Military pensions
- Ombudsman
- Patient satisfaction
- Physical examinations
- Physicians
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Public-private partnerships
- Quality of care
- Quality of life
- Rehabilitation of the disabled
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
- Retired military personnel
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Suicide
- Surveys
- Telephone
- Transfer of employees
- Transportation and Public Works
- Trauma care
- Travel costs
- Veterans' disability compensation
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
- Vocational rehabilitation
- War casualties
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 3, 2007Introduced in Senate
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