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119-s-2397119th CongressWALLET

CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

In Committee

Summary

Aligned medical documentation and provider training for community care. This bill would require the VA's Office of Integrated Veteran Care, or a successor office, to create guidance, goals, and performance measures so VA medical centers obtain timely initial and final medical documentation after a veteran gets care from community providers and to ensure those providers complete required core trainings.

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  • Veterans: VA medical centers would have clearer rules and measurable goals to get a veteran's medical records after community care referrals, which aims to improve continuity of care.
  • VA medical centers and staff: They would follow new guidance and be held to performance measures for obtaining both initial and final documentation and for tracking provider training completion.
  • Community care providers: They would be expected to complete core trainings and receive clear information about whether each training is recommended or required.
  • Congressional oversight: The Under Secretary for Health would report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees within 120 days of enactment and every 120 days thereafter until the requirements are fully implemented.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Better records for veterans' community care

This bill would require the Under Secretary for Health to direct the Office of Integrated Veteran Care (or a successor office) to create guidance for VA medical centers on getting final medical records when a veteran is sent to a community provider after a VA referral. It would require the Office to set goals and performance measures for VA centers to obtain initial and final documentation, and to set and monitor goals for community providers to complete required core trainings. The Office and any contractor would have to clearly tell community providers whether core trainings are required or only recommended. The Under Secretary would have to report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees within 120 days after enactment and every 120 days thereafter until these requirements are fully implemented.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

NE • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]

    ME • I

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 12/10/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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