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5/6/2008--Introduced.<br/>Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2008 - Revises or adds federal veterans' benefits provisions to, among other things: (1) reduce the waiting period for a veteran's affirmation of enrollment in a correspondence course; (2) eliminate the requirement that a veteran or beneficiary make a separate application for a program change at an educational institution; (3) eliminate a minimum wage-earning requirement in the case of self-employment on-job training; (4) authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to stay adjudication of a veteran's claim when necessary to preserve the integrity of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-administered program; (5) authorize memorial headstones or markers for deceased remarried surviving spouses of veterans; (6) make permanent the VA authority to fund contracted medical disability examinations; (7) expand Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage to certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve; (8) allow VA to provide temporary residence assistance grants to active-duty military personnel suffering from a disability incurred in or aggravated by such service; (9) make permanent the consideration of noninstitutional extended care services as covered medical services; (10) make permanent the authority to provide hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to certain veterans who participated in Department of Defense (DOD) chemical and biological testing; (11) provide third-party payment authority with respect to care furnished to spina bifida-affected children of Vietnam veterans; (12) authorize disclosure of VA medical information to a representative of a patient who lacks decision-making capacity; (13) require VA patients to disclose health-plan information and their Social Security number; (14) expand the authority of VA police officers; and (15) increase from $600,000 to $1 million the threshold before a VA major medical facility lease must receive congressional approval.<br/>

1210046400 2008-05-06 Fri Nov 07 18:25:11 -0600 2008 introduced 50505 '38':6 'bill':2 'code':9 'titl':5 'unit':7 'amend':4 'state':8 'enhanc':13 'expand':11 'purpos':19 'benefit':15 'veteran':14 59765 false official introduced 50505 'act':4 '2008':6 'enhanc':3 'benefit':2 'veteran':1 60916 false short introduced 50505 1210046400 Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0500 2008 156160 A000069 1924-09-11 4399 141 Hart Senate Office Building http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home 202-224-2126 Daniel 'd':4 'hi':5 'sen':1 'akaka':3,7,9 'daniel':2,6,8 M 300001 Akaka Don_Cazayoux Kahikina Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI] 2319 N00007653 10047 Democrat 202-224-6361 Congregationalist HI Daniel Akaka 2.26666666666667 http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm introduced 50505 1210046400 Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0500 2008 156160 action 50505 1210046400 Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0500 2008 160870 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3798) action 50505 1210046400 Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0500 2008 156161 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.