Health Records Enhancement Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
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Summary
Allows families to add observed post-death health details to veterans' medical records. This bill would let a person named by a deceased enrollee, or if none, an immediate family member, submit observed health conditions and other relevant information to Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs records.
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- A named designee or, if none, an immediate family member may supplement a deceased enrollee's health record with observed conditions and other relevant health information.
- The Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs must jointly provide the process and form and enable these updates within one year after enactment.
- Updates are limited to supplementing information and may not modify existing entries. "Deceased enrollee" means someone enrolled in the VA patient enrollment system or entitled to care under TRICARE. "Immediate family member" includes spouse, parent, brother, sister, adult child, or an adult in loco parentis.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Add health info to deceased veterans' records
If enacted, this bill would let certain people add observed health details to a deceased veteran's or TRICARE enrollee's record. The Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs would have one year after enactment to create the update and designation process. It would apply only if the person was enrolled in the VA patient enrollment system at death (38 U.S.C. §1705(a)) or was entitled to TRICARE care (10 U.S.C. §1072). Updates could come from a person the deceased named, or from an immediate family member if no designee exists. Immediate family means spouse, parent, brother, sister, adult child, or an adult who acted as a parent. Any added information may supplement the record but may not change existing entries.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 7/17/2025
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