STRATEGY FOR LONG-TERM CARE FOR AGING VETERANS.

SEC. 161. STRATEGY FOR LONG-TERM CARE FOR AGING VETERANS.(a) In General.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop a strategy for the long-term care of veterans. (b) Elements.—The strategy developed under subsection (a) shall—(1) identify current and future needs for the long-term care of veterans based on demographic data and availability of services both from the Department of Veterans Affairs and from non-Department providers in the community, include other Federal Government, non-Federal Government, nonprofit, for profit, and other entities; (2) identify the current and future needs of veterans for both institutional and non-institutional long-term care (for example, home-based and community-based services), taking into account the needs of growing veteran population groups, including women veterans, veterans with traumatic brain injury, veterans with memory loss, and other population groups with unique needs; and136 STAT. 5430 (3) address new and different care delivery models, including by—(A) assessing the implications of such models for the design of facilities and how those facilities may need to change; (B) examining the workforce needed to support aging populations of veterans as they grow and receive long-term care through different trends of care delivery; and (C) considering the feasibility and advisability of implementing a veteran-focused independent provider model for non-institutional care. (c) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the strategy developed under subsection (a).