To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the conditions under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is required to redevelop the individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for a veteran, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans’ Employment and Transition Success Act
or the FAST VETS Act
.
Sec. 2. Conditions under which Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall redevelop individualized vocational rehabilitation plan
Section 3107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)—
(1)
by striking The Secretary shall review
and inserting (1) The Secretary shall review
;
(2)
by striking the second sentence; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(2)
On the basis of such review, the Secretary shall—
(A)
redevelop such plan with such veteran if the Secretary determines the achievement of the long-range rehabilitation goals for such veteran is—
(i)
no longer feasible due to changes in the employment handicap of the veteran; and
(ii)
likelier under a different plan formulated under subsection (a); or
(B)
disapprove redevelopment of such plan if the Secretary determines such redevelopment is not appropriate.