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S. 514, Deborah Sampson Act (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 116th
Date Requested Sept. 15, 2020
Requested By the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Date Sent Nov. 17, 2020
Description:
The bill would • Make it easier for veterans to establish that their mental health conditions were caused by sexual trauma during their military service • Provide counseling in retreat settings to veterans and their dependents • Expand primary care for female veterans • Provide child care for veterans receiving mental health care Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from • Increasing disability compensation for veterans determined to have mental health conditions caused by sexual trauma • Expanding eligibility for counseling in retreat settings at additional locations • Subsidizing child care for veterans Areas of significant uncertainty include • Estimating the number of veterans affected by the bill and the change in their disability rating • Estimating the number of physicians the Department of Veterans Affairs would hire to provide primary care services for female veterans and the amount of time needed to hire those people

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