1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Care for the Veteran Caregiver Act . 2. Improvements to the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (a) Extended stipend payments Subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of section 1720G(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clause: (v) If an eligible veteran dies during the period in which the Secretary provides to the family caregiver of such veteran assistance under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall continue to provide to the family caregiver medical care under section 1781 of this title and the monthly personal caregiver stipend for not less than a six-month period following the date of such death. The Secretary may extend such period for all, or groups of, family caregivers of eligible veterans specified in paragraph (2)(C). . (b) Eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (1) Standardized evaluation criteria Subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of such section is amended— (A) by striking In providing and inserting (i) In providing ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new clause: (ii) In conducting periodic evaluations under clause (i), the Secretary shall ensure that the criteria used in conducting such evaluations, the methods by which such criteria are assessed, the measurements and standards used, and the evaluation process and review methods used, are standardized across all facilities of the Department and Veteran Integrated Service Networks. . (2) Permanent eligibility Subparagraph (C) of such paragraph is amended— (A) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v)