Veterans Full-Service Care and Access Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4063 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4063

To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each 
 of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least 
one full-service hospital of the Veterans Health Administration in the 
State or receive comparable services provided by contract in the State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2025

 Mr. Pappas (for himself and Ms. Goodlander) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each 
 of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least 
one full-service hospital of the Veterans Health Administration in the 
State or receive comparable services provided by contract in the State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Full-Service Care and 
Access Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF FULL-SERVICE HOSPITAL OF THE VETERANS HEALTH 
              ADMINISTRATION IN CERTAIN STATES OR PROVISION OF 
              COMPARABLE SERVICES THROUGH CONTRACT WITH OTHER HEALTH 
              CARE PROVIDERS IN THE STATE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1716 the following new section:
``Sec. 1716A. Access to full-service hospitals in certain States or 
              comparable services through contract
    ``(a) Requirement.--With respect to each of the 48 contiguous 
States, the Secretary shall ensure that veterans in the State eligible 
for hospital care and medical services under section 1710 of this title 
shall receive such hospital care and medical services at not fewer than 
one full-service hospital of the Veterans Health Administration located 
within the geographic boundaries of the State.
    ``(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
construed to restrict the ability of the Secretary to provide enhanced 
care to an eligible veteran who resides in one State in a hospital of 
the Veterans Health Administration in another State.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments to Veterans Community Care Program.--
Section 1703(d)(1) of such title is amended in subparagraph (B) by 
inserting ``as of the date of the enactment of the Veterans Full-
Service Care and Access Act of 2025'' before the semicolon at the end.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1716 the following new item:

``1716A. Access to full-service hospitals in certain States or 
                            comparable services through contract.''.
    (d) Report on Implementation.--Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to Congress a report describing the extent to which the 
Secretary has complied with the requirement imposed by section 1716A of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), including the 
effect of such requirement on improving the quality and standards of 
care provided to veterans.
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