Veterans' Survivors' Benefits Improvement Act of 1992

Summary

Veterans' Survivors' Benefits Improvement Act of 1992 - Revises the rate of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) payable to the surviving spouses of service-disabled veterans whose deaths occur before October 1, 1992. Makes such monthly amount $650 plus ten percent of the average monthly compensation paid to the veteran during the five years before the veteran's death, plus an additional amount which varies depending on the veteran's length of active military service. Provides a transitional rule for the payment of DIC for the first full month following the veteran's death. Provides payment of a full month's disability compensation for the month during which the veteran died. (Current law terminates such compensation at the beginning of the month during which the veteran died.) Increases, for each of FY 1993, 1994, and thereafter, the amount of additional DIC paid to a surviving spouse with dependent children. Provides eligibility for up to $15,000 in additional Service Disabled Veterans' Insurance (SDVI) for totally disabled veterans who qualify for a waiver of premiums for coverage under SDVI due to the total disability rating. Requires eligible veterans to apply for such additional coverage within one year after: (1) enactment of this Act; or (2) being notified by the Department of Veterans Affairs of their eligibility for a waiver of premiums. Prohibits the waiver of premiums for any supplemental insurance granted to such veterans. Limits to $90 the monthly pension payable to Medicaid-eligible veterans or their survivors while in nursing homes participating in Medicaid if such veterans have neither spouse nor child or if such survivor has no child. Makes such limitations permanent (currently terminate at the end of FY 1992). Extends through September 30, 1993, the authority of the Department to obtain data from the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service in order to verify the income of those applying for or receiving veterans' pensions on a needs basis. Makes an identical extension under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Committee Discharged Senate (text)

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• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 22 September 1992

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 12 August 1992

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 March 1992

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