# 119-hr-244: Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2025

119-hr-244, Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-244
- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-244
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would expand TRICARE eligibility for veterans with service-connected disabilities.** It would create a new "covered veteran beneficiary" category allowing those veterans to enroll in TRICARE Select and to access a new pathway to TRICARE for Life, while prohibiting concurrent VA medical care during TRICARE enrollment. - Veterans: Covered veteran beneficiaries could enroll in TRICARE Select during the annual open enrollment and gain eligibility for TRICARE for Life under the new pathway. Cost-sharing for TRICARE Select would follow the program's existing formula. - Dependents: A dependent could not enroll in TRICARE solely because a covered veteran beneficiary enrolls. - Agencies and implementation: The Department of Veterans Affairs would reimburse the Department of Defense for the costs of enrolling covered veteran beneficiaries through a memorandum of understanding. The bill sets a one-year rulemaking window, phased enrollment tied to annual open enrollment, and requires quarterly reports for two years, then annual reports to Congressional Veterans' Affairs and Armed Services committees.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] (R-TN), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- TRICARE option for Medicare-eligible veterans: benefit, medium. If enacted, some veterans with service‑connected conditions who are on Medicare would be able to choose TRICARE Select during the annual open season. Those enrolled under this new path could also enroll in TRICARE for Life. What you pay under TRICARE Select would follow the standard cost‑sharing ru…
- TRICARE enrollment means no VA care: cost, high. If enacted, a covered veteran who enrolls in TRICARE could not stay enrolled in the VA patient system at the same time. VA could not provide that veteran VA medical care while they are in TRICARE. Dependents would not get TRICARE just because the veteran enrolls; they must qualify on their own. The…
- Rollout timeline and agency funding plan: mixed, medium. If enacted, the changes would start one year after the bill is signed. In the next year, VA and DoD would issue rules. Enrollment for covered veterans would then phase in during TRICARE’s annual open season the year after those rules are issued. VA’s Center for Innovation would run the rollout. VA…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-244 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/244)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-925)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-244 (as of 2026-04-21).