LINC VA Act
Sponsored By: Senator Dan Sullivan
Introduced
Summary
An interoperable community integration platform would connect VA, community organizations, and state programs to coordinate local services like housing, food, health care, and job training for veterans. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, through the VA Center for Innovation for Care and Payment, would run a pilot at at least five VA facilities and collect standardized social-determinants-of-health data using ICD-10 codes Z55–Z63 and Z75.
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- Veterans and families: Veterans would be able to use a web-based platform or a non-web alternative to request and track services, including preventive and behavioral health care, nutrition, housing, transportation, caregiving, legal aid, and suicide prevention.
- VA staff and community organizations: VA employees and covered entities would share referrals, track outcomes and provider response times, and receive technical assistance to connect. The platform must prioritize interoperability with existing public or private networks and include privacy and security protections under applicable federal and state law.
- States and policymakers: The VA would coordinate with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide guidance and a template for States to integrate Medicaid under section 1115 waiver authority with veteran services. The VA must report to Congress on service needs within three years and the Comptroller General must evaluate and report on impact within four years.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Medicaid guidance to coordinate with VA
If enacted, HHS would issue guidance, in consultation with VA, showing how State Medicaid programs can coordinate or integrate Title XIX medical assistance with services in the VA pilot. The guidance would include options for State plan approaches and a template States could use to request or change a section 1115 waiver to enable such coordination. If States use the guidance, Medicaid‑enrolled veterans could see better alignment of Medicaid funding with veteran‑facing social supports.
New community platform for veterans
If enacted, the VA would run a pilot to build or improve a digital community platform for veterans. The pilot must start within one year and run at least five VA medical facilities, including frontier and under‑resourced sites. The platform would link veterans, VA staff, and community partners to coordinate services like food, housing, health care, transportation, job training, child care, caregiving, disability help, suicide prevention, legal aid, and DoD transition support. The VA would require privacy protections, technical help for community partners, web and non‑web access for veterans, and routine screening for social needs using ICD‑10 codes Z55–Z63 and Z75 with measures of severity.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 12/2/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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