# 119-s-668: SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025

119-s-668, SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-31).

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- As of: 2026-10-31
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-668
- Congress: 119
- Title: SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-20
- Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-31

## Summary

**Would create a VA Office of Falls Prevention to coordinate a national program reducing falls among veterans.** It would set national standards, run education and outreach, support research, and test home-modification pilots to lower fall risk. - Veterans and families would get a national education campaign about fall risks and VA benefits. The bill would fund grants or contracts to local groups for community campaigns and require the VA Secretary to study a home-adaptations pilot and send a plan to Congress within one year. - VA facilities and providers would face new national directives on safe patient handling and mobility to be issued or updated within 180 days. Those directives would require biennial provider training and access to appropriate safe-handling equipment at facilities and in emergency settings. - The Office would coordinate research with the VA Office of Research and Development and the National Institute on Aging and convene an eight-member expert panel. It must produce a Department-wide report using a three-year lookback of falls-prevention metrics to evaluate screening, electronic health record use, home-modification grant impact, and other measures.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD), 2025-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New VA falls prevention office: benefit, medium. This bill would create an Office of Falls Prevention at the VA Central Office. The office would be led by a Chief Officer who reports to the Under Secretary for Health. The office would run a national education campaign and could award grants for local falls-prevention outreach. It would set standa…
- Pilot for home fall repairs: benefit, medium. This bill would require the VA Secretary to study a pilot that would give home improvements and structural alterations to prevent falls for veterans eligible for those services. The Secretary must tell Congress within one year whether the pilot is feasible and advisable. If the pilot runs, the Chie…
- Therapist-run falls checks in VA: benefit, medium. This bill would require that annual falls risk assessments and fall-prevention services for veterans in extended care be done by a licensed physical or occupational therapist. For VA nursing home residents, a therapist must assess and provide services if a physician says the resident fell or was at…
- Required safe patient handling rules: benefit, low. This bill would require the VA to issue or update national directives within 180 days on safe patient handling and mobility. Directives would require training every two years for providers on safe handling and mobility aids. Facilities where patients may need help with transfers must have access to…
- VA added to aging committee: benefit, low. This bill would add the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities. It would also add the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees to the committee's consultation list. This change is intended to improve coordination on…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-1591: ARCA Act of 2025
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act

## Sources
- [119-s-668 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/668)

## Related
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-1591: ARCA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1591)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-668 (as of 2026-10-31).