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119-s-3280119th CongressWALLET

Measuring Availability of Providers (MAP) for Veterans Act

Sponsored By: Senator Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

Introduced

Summary

Would commission feasibility studies for full-service VA hospitals in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire. It would also anchor certain Veterans Community Care Program access rules to the bill's enactment date and require the VA to post the study publicly within one year.

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  • Veterans in the three states: They would be the focus of a study that would examine establishing a full-service VA hospital.
  • Veterans Community Care Program participants in states that later establish a VA facility: The bill would tie continued access rules to the bill's enactment date.
  • VA officials and the public: The Secretary would have to publish the feasibility results on a public Department of Veterans Affairs website within one year of enactment.

*This bill would not authorize new appropriations or create new funding streams and therefore would not directly increase federal spending.*

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Study and date fix for VA care

If enacted, the bill would require the VA to study opening a full-service VA hospital in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire. The VA would have to publish that feasibility study on a public VA website within one year of the Act's enactment. The bill would also amend a Veterans Community Care Program rule so continued access in a State that opens a full-service VA facility is decided based on the Act's date of enactment. The bill would not provide new appropriations or create a new program.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

AK • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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