II 118THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION S. 216 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the family caregiver program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include services related to mental health and neurological disorders, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY1, 2023 Mr. M ORANintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the family caregiver program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include services related to mental health and neuro- logical disorders, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reinforcing Enhanced 4 Support through Promoting Equity for Caregivers Act of 5 2023’’ or the ‘‘RESPECT Act of 2023’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 216 IS SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FAMILY CAREGIVER PROGRAM 1 OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 2 INCLUDE SERVICES RELATED TO MENTAL 3 HEALTH AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. 4 (a) I NGENERAL.—Section 1720G of title 38, United 5 States Code, is amended— 6 (1) in subsection (a)— 7 (A) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii), by striking 8 ‘‘neurological’’ and inserting ‘‘a neurological 9 disorder’’; 10 (B) in paragraph (3)— 11 (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by in-12 serting ‘‘, including through public or pri-13 vate entities’’ before the semicolon; and 14 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by adding at 15 the end the following new clause: 16 ‘‘(v)(I) For purposes of determining the amount and 17 degree of personal care services provided under clause (i) 18 with respect to a veteran described in subclause (II), the 19 Secretary shall take into account relevant documentation 20 evidencing the provision of personal care services with re-21 spect to the veteran during the preceding three-year pe-22 riod. 23 ‘‘(II) A veteran described in this subclause is a vet-24 eran whose need for personal care services as described 25 in paragraph (2)(C) is based in whole or in part on— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •S 216 IS ‘‘(aa) a diagnosis of mental illness or history of 1 suicidal ideation that puts the veteran at risk of self- 2 harm; or 3 ‘‘(bb) a neurological disorder.’’; and 4 (C) by adding at the end the following new 5 paragraph: 6 ‘‘(14) The Secretary shall establish a process and re-7 quirements for clinicians of facilities of the Department— 8 ‘‘(A) to document incidents in which an eligible 9 veteran participating in the program established 10 under paragraph (1)— 11 ‘‘(i) presents at such a facility for treat-12 ment for an emergent or urgent mental health 13 crisis; or 14 ‘‘(ii) is assessed by such a clinician to be 15 at risk for suicide; and 16 ‘‘(B) to provide such documentation, including 17 any safety plans developed and referrals made to a 18 suicide prevention coordinator of the Department, to 19 such program.’’; 20 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘neuro-21 logical’’ and inserting ‘‘a neurological disorder’’; 22 (3) in subsection (d)— 23 (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 24 paragraph (5); 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •S 216 IS (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 1 following new paragraph (4): 2 ‘‘(4) the term ‘neurological disorder’ means a 3 disease of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, or neuro-4 muscular system.’’; and 5 (C) in paragraph (5)(B), as redesignated 6 by subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘neurological’’ 7 and inserting ‘‘a neurological disorder’’. 8 (b) T IMING FORESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIRE-9 MENTS ANDPROCESSES.— 10 (1) R EPORT.—Not later than one year after the 11 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 12 Veterans Affairs shall— 13 (A) establish the process and requirements 14 required under paragraph (14) of section 15 1720G(a) of title 38, United States Code, as 16 added by subsection (a)(1)(B); and 17 (B) submit to the Committee on Veterans’ 18 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 19 Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representa-20 tives a description of such process and require-21 ments. 22 (2) C ERTIFICATION.— 23 (A) I N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •S 216 IS Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require all 1 clinicians of facilities of the Department to cer-2 tify to the Secretary that the clinician under-3 stands the process and requirements established 4 under paragraph (1)(A). 5 (B) F ACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT DE -6 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘facilities 7 of the Department’’ has the meaning given that 8 term in section 1701 of title 38, United States 9 Code. 10 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EVALUATIONS, AS-11 SESSMENTS, AND REASSESSMENTS RELAT-12 ING TO ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS AND 13 CAREGIVERS FOR FAMILY CAREGIVER PRO-14 GRAM. 15 (a) I NGENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1720G 16 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 17 2(a)(1), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-18 lowing new paragraphs: 19 ‘‘(15)(A) For purposes of conducting evalua-20 tions and assessments to determine eligibility of a 21 veteran and caregiver for the program established 22 under paragraph (1) or conducting reassessments to 23 determine continued eligibility for such program, the 24 Secretary shall— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 6 •S 216 IS ‘‘(i) take into account relevant documenta-1 tion and medical records generated by Depart-2 ment and non-Department health care pro-3 viders, including qualified mental health profes-4 sionals and neurological specialists; 5 ‘‘(ii) if the caregiver of the veteran claims 6 that the serious injury or need for personal care 7 services of the veteran as described in para-8 graph (2) is based in whole or in part on psy-9 chological trauma or another mental disorder, 10 ensure— 11 ‘‘(I) a qualified mental health profes-12 sional that treats the veteran participates 13 in the evaluation process; and 14 ‘‘(II) a qualified mental health profes-15 sional participates in the assessment or re-16 assessment process; and 17 ‘‘(iii) if the caregiver of the veteran claims 18 that the serious injury or need for personal care 19 services of the veteran as described in para-20 graph (2) is based in whole or in part on a neu-21 rological disorder, ensure— 22 ‘‘(I) a neurological specialist that 23 treats the veteran participates in the eval-24 uation process; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 7 •S 216 IS ‘‘(II) a neurological specialist partici-1 pates in the assessment or reassessment 2 process. 3 ‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall establish an appro-4 priate time limit during a 24-hour period for the ac-5 tive participation of a veteran in an evaluation, as-6 sessment, or reassessment to determine eligibility of 7 the veteran for the program established under para-8 graph (1). 9 ‘‘(ii) In determining an appropriate time limit 10 for a veteran under clause (i), the Secretary shall— 11 ‘‘(I) take into consideration necessary ac-12 commodations for the veteran stemming from 13 the disability or medical condition of the vet-14 eran; and 15 ‘‘(II) consult with the primary care pro-16 vider, neurological specialist, or qualified mental 17 health professional that is treating the veteran. 18 ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall not require the pres-19 ence of a veteran during portions of an evaluation, 20 assessment, or reassessment to determine eligibility 21 of the veteran for the program established under 22 paragraph (1) that only require the active participa-23 tion of the caregiver. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 8 •S 216 IS ‘‘(D)(i) The Secretary shall make reasonable ef-1 forts to assist a caregiver and veteran in obtaining 2 evidence necessary to substantiate the claims of the 3 caregiver and veteran in the application process for 4 evaluation, assessment, or reassessment for the pro-5 gram established under paragraph (1). 6 ‘‘(ii)(I) As part of the assistance provided to a 7 caregiver or veteran under clause (i), the Secretary 8 shall make reasonable efforts to obtain relevant pri-9 vate records that the caregiver or veteran adequately 10 identifies to the Secretary. 11 ‘‘(II) Whenever the Secretary, after making 12 reasonable efforts under subclause (I), is unable to 13 obtain all of the relevant records sought, the Sec-14 retary shall notify the caregiver and veteran that the 15 Secretary is unable to obtain records with respect to 16 the claim, which shall include— 17 ‘‘(aa) an identification of the records the 18 Secretary is unable to obtain; 19 ‘‘(bb) a brief explanation of the efforts 20 that the Secretary made to obtain such records; 21 and 22 ‘‘(cc) an explanation that the Secretary 23 will make a determination based on the evi-24 dence of record and that this clause does not 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 9 •S 216 IS prohibit the submission of records at a later 1 date if such submission is otherwise allowed. 2 ‘‘(III) The Secretary shall make not fewer than 3 two requests to a custodian of a private record in 4 order for an effort to obtain such record to be treat-5 ed as reasonable under subclause (I), unless it is 6 made evident by the first request that a second re-7 quest would be futile in obtaining such record. 8 ‘‘(iii) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec-9 retary, the Secretary— 10 ‘‘(I) shall encourage a caregiver and vet-11 eran to submit relevant private medical records 12 of the veteran to the Secretary to substantiate 13 the claims of the caregiver and veteran in the 14 application process for evaluation, assessment, 15 or reassessment for the program established 16 under paragraph (1) if such submission does 17 not burden the caregiver or veteran; and 18 ‘‘(II) may require the caregiver or veteran 19 to authorize the Secretary to obtain such rel-20 evant private medical records if such authoriza-21 tion is required to comply with Federal, State, 22 or local law. 23 ‘‘(16)(A) The Secretary, in consultation with a 24 health care provider, neurological specialist, or quali-25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 10 •S 216 IS fied mental health professional that is treating a vet-1 eran, shall waive the reassessment requirement for 2 the veteran for participation in the program estab-3 lished under paragraph (1) if— 4 ‘‘(i) the serious injury of the veteran under 5 paragraph (2) is significantly caused by a de-6 generative or chronic condition; and 7 ‘‘(ii) such condition is unlikely to improve 8 the dependency of the veteran for personal care 9 services. 10 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall require a health care 11 provider, neurological specialist, or qualified mental 12 health professional that is treating a veteran to cer-13 tify at appropriate intervals determined by the Sec-14 retary the clinical decision of the provider, specialist, 15 or professional under subparagraph (A). 16 ‘‘(C) The Secretary may rescind a waiver under 17 subparagraph (A) with respect to a veteran and re-18 quire a reassessment of the veteran if a health care 19 provider, neurological specialist, or qualified mental 20 health professional that is treating the veteran 21 makes a clinical determination that the level of de-22 pendency of the veteran for personal care services 23 has diminished since the last certification of the clin-24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 11 •S 216 IS ical decision of the provider, specialist, or profes-1 sional under subparagraph (B).’’. 2 (b) D EFINITIONS.—Subsection (d) of such section, as 3 amended by section 2(a)(2), is further amended— 4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-5 graph (6); 6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-7 lowing new paragraph (5): 8 ‘‘(5) The term ‘neurological specialist’ means a 9 neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, physiatrist, geriatri-10 cian, certified brain injury specialist, neurology 11 nurse, neurology nurse practitioner, neurology physi-12 cian assistant, or such other licensed medical profes-13 sional as the Secretary considers appropriate.’’; and 14 (3) by adding at the end the following new 15 paragraph: 16 ‘‘(7) The term ‘qualified mental health profes-17 sional’ means a psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed 18 clinical social worker, psychiatric nurse, licensed pro-19 fessional mental health counselor, or other licensed 20 mental health professional as the Secretary considers 21 appropriate.’’. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 12 •S 216 IS SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-1 FAIRS TO AWARD GRANTS TO ENTITIES TO 2 IMPROVE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH 3 SUPPORT TO FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF VET-4 ERANS. 5 (a) I NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 17 of 6 title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 7 end the following new section: 8 ‘‘§ 1720K. Grants to provide mental health support to 9 family caregivers of veterans 10 ‘‘(a) P URPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 11 provide for assistance by the Secretary to entities to carry 12 out programs that improve the provision of mental health 13 support to the family caregivers of veterans participating 14 in the family caregiver program. 15 ‘‘(b) A UTHORITY.—The Secretary may award grants 16 to carry out, coordinate, improve, or otherwise enhance 17 mental health counseling, treatment, or support to the 18 family caregivers of veterans participating in the family 19 caregiver program. 20 ‘‘(c) A PPLICATION.—(1) To be eligible for a grant 21 under this section, an entity shall submit to the Secretary 22 an application therefor at such time, in such manner, and 23 containing such information as the Secretary may require. 24 ‘‘(2) Each application submitted under paragraph (1) 25 shall include the following: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 13 •S 216 IS ‘‘(A) A detailed plan for the use of the grant. 1 ‘‘(B) A description of the programs or efforts 2 through which the entity will meet the outcome 3 measures developed by the Secretary under sub-4 section (g). 5 ‘‘(C) A description of how the entity will dis-6 tribute grant amounts equitably among areas with 7 varying levels of urbanization. 8 ‘‘(D) A plan for how the grant will be used to 9 meet the unique needs of veterans residing in rural 10 areas, American Indian or Alaska Native veterans, 11 elderly veterans, women veterans, and veterans from 12 other underserved communities. 13 ‘‘(d) D ISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall seek to en-14 sure that grants awarded under this section are equitably 15 distributed among entities located in States with varying 16 levels of urbanization. 17 ‘‘(e) P RIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize 18 awarding grants under this section that will serve the fol-19 lowing areas: 20 ‘‘(1) Areas with high rates of veterans enrolled 21 in the family caregiver program. 22 ‘‘(2) Areas with high rates of— 23 ‘‘(A) suicide among veterans; or 24 ‘‘(B) referrals to the Veterans Crisis Line. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 14 •S 216 IS ‘‘(f) REQUIREDACTIVITIES.—Any grant awarded 1 under this section shall be used— 2 ‘‘(1) to expand existing programs, activities, 3 and services; 4 ‘‘(2) to establish new or additional programs, 5 activities, and services; or 6 ‘‘(3) for travel and transportation to facilitate 7 carrying out paragraph (1) or (2). 8 ‘‘(g) O UTCOMEMEASURES.—(1) The Secretary shall 9 develop and provide to each entity that receives a grant 10 under this section written guidance on the following: 11 ‘‘(A) Outcome measures. 12 ‘‘(B) Policies of the Department. 13 ‘‘(2) In developing outcome measures under para-14 graph (1), the Secretary shall consider the following goals: 15 ‘‘(A) Increasing the utilization of mental health 16 services among family caregivers of veterans partici-17 pating in the family caregiver program. 18 ‘‘(B) Reducing barriers to mental health serv-19 ices among family caregivers of veterans partici-20 pating in such program. 21 ‘‘(h) T RACKINGREQUIREMENTS.—(1) The Secretary 22 shall establish appropriate tracking requirements with re-23 spect to the entities receiving a grant under this section. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 15 •S 216 IS ‘‘(2) Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary 1 shall submit to Congress a report on such tracking re-2 quirements. 3 ‘‘(i) P ERFORMANCEREVIEW.—The Secretary shall— 4 ‘‘(1) review the performance of each entity that 5 receives a grant under this section; and 6 ‘‘(2) make information regarding such perform-7 ance publicly available. 8 ‘‘(j) R EMEDIATIONPLAN.—(1) In the case of an enti-9 ty that receives a grant under this section and does not 10 meet the outcome measures developed by the Secretary 11 under subsection (g), the Secretary shall require the entity 12 to submit to the Secretary a remediation plan under which 13 the entity shall describe how and when it plans to meet 14 such outcome measures. 15 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may not award a subsequent 16 grant under this section to an entity described in para-17 graph (1) unless the Secretary approves the remediation 18 plan submitted by the entity under such paragraph. 19 ‘‘(k) M AXIMUMAMOUNT.—The amount of a grant 20 awarded under this section may not exceed 10 percent of 21 amounts made available for grants under this section for 22 the fiscal year in which the grant is awarded. 23 ‘‘(l) S UPPLEMENT, NOTSUPPLANT.—Any grant 24 awarded under this section shall be used to supplement 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 16 •S 216 IS and not supplant funding that is otherwise available 1 through the Department to provide mental health support 2 among family caregivers of veterans participating in the 3 family caregiver program. 4 ‘‘(m) F UNDING.—(1) Amounts for the activities of 5 the Department under this section shall be budgeted and 6 appropriated through a separate appropriation account. 7 ‘‘(2) In the budget justification materials submitted 8 to Congress in support of the budget of the Department 9 for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the 10 President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary 11 shall include a separate statement of the amount re-12 quested to be appropriated for that fiscal year for the ac-13 count specified in paragraph (1). 14 ‘‘(n) A UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 15 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each 16 of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 $50,000,000 to carry 17 out this section. 18 ‘‘(o) D EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19 ‘‘(1) The terms ‘caregiver’ and ‘family care-20 giver’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-21 tion 1720G(d) of this title. 22 ‘‘(2) The term ‘family caregiver program’ 23 means the program of comprehensive assistance for 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 17 •S 216 IS family caregivers under section 1720G(a) of this 1 title. 2 ‘‘(3) The term ‘Veterans Crisis Line’ means the 3 toll-free hotline for veterans established under sec-4 tion 1720F(h) of this title.’’. 5 (b) C LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 6 at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding 7 at the end the following new item: 8 ‘‘1720K. Grants to provide mental health support to family caregivers of vet- erans.’’. SEC. 5. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON MENTAL 9 HEALTH SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS. 10 (a) R EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than one year 11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-12 troller General of the United States shall submit to the 13 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 14 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-15 resentatives a report on the provision of mental health 16 support to caregivers of veterans. 17 (b) C ONTENTS.—The report submitted under sub-18 section (a) shall include the following: 19 (1) An assessment of the need for mental 20 health support among caregivers participating in the 21 caregiver programs. 22 (2) An assessment of options for mental health 23 support in facilities of the Department of Veterans 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 18 •S 216 IS Affairs and in the community for caregivers partici-1 pating in the caregiver programs. 2 (3) An assessment of the availability and acces-3 sibility of mental health support in facilities of the 4 Department and in the community for caregivers 5 participating in the caregiver programs. 6 (4) An assessment of the awareness among 7 caregivers of the availability of mental health sup-8 port in facilities of the Department and in the com-9 munity for caregivers participating in the caregiver 10 programs. 11 (5) An assessment of barriers to mental health 12 support in facilities of the Department and in the 13 community for caregivers participating in the care-14 giver programs. 15 (c) D EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16 (1) C AREGIVER.—The term ‘‘caregiver’’ has the 17 meaning given that term in section 1720G(d) of title 18 38, United States Code. 19 (2) C AREGIVER PROGRAMS .—The term ‘‘care-20 giver programs’’ means— 21 (A) the program of comprehensive assist-22 ance for family caregivers under subsection (a) 23 of section 1720G of title 38, United States 24 Code; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 19 •S 216 IS (B) the program of support services for 1 caregivers under subsection (b) of such section. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:16 Feb 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S216.IS S216 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB