CONSIDERATION OF LOSS OF DOMINANT HAND IN PRESCRIPTION OF SCHEDULE OF SEVERITY OF TRAUMATIC INJURY UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.

SEC. 406. CONSIDERATION OF LOSS OF DOMINANT HAND IN PRESCRIPTION OF SCHEDULE OF SEVERITY OF TRAUMATIC INJURY UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.(a) Schedule.—(1) In general.—Section 1980A(d) is amended—(A) by striking “Payments under” and inserting “(1) Payments under”; and(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) As the Secretary considers appropriate, the schedule required by paragraph (1) may distinguish in specifying payments for qualifying losses between the severity of a qualifying loss of a dominant hand and of a qualifying loss of a nondominant hand.”.(2) Effective date.—The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2011.(b) Payments for Qualifying Losses Incurred Before Date of Enactment.—(1) In general.—To the extent necessary, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe in regulations mechanisms for payments under section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, for qualifying losses incurred before the date of the enactment of this Act, by reason of paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of such section (as added by subsection (a)(1) of this section).(2) Qualifying loss defined.—In this subsection, the term “qualifying loss” means—(A) a loss specified in the second sentence of subsection (b)(1) of section 1980A of title 38, United States Code; and(B) any other loss specified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the first sentence of that subsection.