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119-hr-6522119th CongressWALLET

CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]

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Summary

This bill would tighten coordination between the Department of Veterans Affairs and community care providers to ensure timely medical records and clear training requirements.

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  • Veterans: Would improve continuity of care by pushing VA medical centers to obtain both initial and final medical documentation from community providers after referral.
  • VA medical centers: Would get formal guidance and face new goals and performance measures for securing community-provider records and tracking completion of required tasks.
  • Community care providers: Would be subject to monitored goals for completing core trainings and would receive clearer, more accurate information about whether trainings are recommended or required.
  • Oversight and reporting: The Under Secretary for Health would have to report progress to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees every 120 days until these requirements are fully implemented.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Better VA coordination for community care

This bill would require the VA Under Secretary for Health to direct the Office of Integrated Veteran Care (or a successor office) to improve coordination of care when VA medical centers refer veterans to community providers. The Office would have to create guidance for VA medical centers to obtain final medical records after a veteran gets care from a community provider. The VA would set and monitor goals and performance measures for getting initial and final records and for ensuring community providers complete core trainings, and would require clear communication about whether each training is required or only recommended. The Under Secretary would report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees not later than 120 days after enactment and every 120 days thereafter until the requirements are fully implemented.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]

AZ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 12/10/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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