VA would create a program to help veterans with spinal cord injuries get bowel and bladder care, paying caregivers and offering training.
Veterans with spinal cord injuries who need help with bowel and bladder care would get support from a new VA program. This program would pay family members or hired caregivers for their services and provide them with necessary medical training. It would also change how these caregivers are seen, so they are not treated as contractors.
Currently, veterans with spinal cord injuries who need help with bowel and bladder care often rely on family or hired caregivers, who may be treated as contractors and pay self-employment taxes. This bill would create a new VA program to provide this care, offering monthly payments and training to caregivers, and changing their legal status so they are not considered vendors or contractors.
S 3647 · 119th Congress · January 15, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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