CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Introduced
Summary
Would strengthen coordination and medical documentation for veterans receiving community care. It would require the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Integrated Veteran Care to develop guidance for obtaining final medical records after community referrals, set goals and performance measures for VA medical centers to secure initial and final documentation, track completion of core trainings by community care providers, and improve communications to providers about whether trainings are recommended or required.
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- Veterans and families: Pushes VA to collect initial and final medical documentation after community care referrals to support continuity of care.
- VA medical centers: Would face new goals and performance measures for securing records from community care providers.
- Community care providers: Would need to complete specified core trainings and have completion monitored. The Office and its contractors must clearly tell providers whether a training is required or recommended.
- Oversight and reporting: The Under Secretary for Health would have to report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees every 120 days until the requirements are fully implemented.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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New VA rules for community care providers
This bill would require the VA Office of Integrated Veteran Care to set rules for community care providers. It would require guidance for VA medical centers to get final medical records after a VA referral. The VA would set goals and measures for getting initial and final records from community providers. The VA would set and monitor goals for provider completion of core trainings and ensure required courses are finished. The VA and its contractors would have to tell providers whether trainings are required or only recommended. The Under Secretary would report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees within 120 days of enactment and every 120 days until the work is finished.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
NE • R
Cosponsors
Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
ME • I
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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