Disabled Veterans Dignity Act of 2026

This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to set up a program providing bowel and bladder care to enrolled veterans with spinal cord injuries or disorders who depend on others for this care while living outside institutions. Care could be given by a trained family member, an individually employed caregiver, or a contracted home health agency, with hours set through an individual assessment. Family members and individual caregivers would receive a monthly stipend capped at a VA nursing assistant pay rate, would not be treated as vendors or contractors, and agencies would be paid up to existing VA rates. Before denying care, the VA would need a VA Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders Center to review and agree. Veterans who need care for three straight years would be considered to need it for life unless their medical provider decides otherwise.

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Sponsors

• Jerry Moran Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors