# 119-hr-6519: Veterans Affairs Peer Review Neutrality Act of 2025

119-hr-6519, Veterans Affairs Peer Review Neutrality Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6519
- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6519
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veterans Affairs Peer Review Neutrality Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Neutral, conflict-free peer review** would be required across Veterans Health Administration medical facilities to stop reviewers with personal involvement or bias from judging cases they handled. The bill would add section 7311B to title 38, U.S. Code and set clear recusal rules and limits on use of confidential quality-assurance information for peer reviewers and administrative investigators. - Veterans: Veterans would have reviews and investigations handled by non-involved reviewers, aiming for more impartial findings about the quality of care. - Health care providers: Providers who sit on a facility peer review committee would be removed from reviewing their own cases, and initial reviews involving them would go to a neutral peer review committee at another VA facility. - Administrative boards and factfinders: Individuals with confidential quality-assurance knowledge, personal or supervisory ties, or other conflicts would be barred from serving or required to recuse, with notification to the investigating authority. - VA facilities and administrators: Each facility would have to create procedures and guidelines to implement neutral peer review and investigation processes.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fairer peer reviews for VA patients: benefit, low. If enacted, VA medical facilities would have to get a neutral peer review at another VA when the provider under review is a member of the facility's peer review committee. The neutral committee would evaluate, discuss, and give the final-level determination. If enacted, people who do VA peer review…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6519 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6519)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6519 (as of 2026-04-21).