Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Credentialing Integration Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6662 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6662

   To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to jointly select a joint uniform credentialing and privileging 
         system for medical providers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2025

Mr. Murphy (for himself, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Jackson 
  of Texas, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. King-Hinds, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Guest, Mr. 
Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Davis of North 
   Carolina, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, and Mr. Onder) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to jointly select a joint uniform credentialing and privileging 
         system for medical providers, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Department of Defense and Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Credentialing Integration Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. JOINT UNIFORM CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL 
              PROVIDERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Domestic Policy Council, 
shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Veterans' 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 
medical provider credentialing and privileging systems in use by each 
Department. Such report shall include each of the following:
            (1) A description of the scope and scale of each system.
            (2) A description of the type of data stored on each 
        system.
            (3) A description of the portability of provider 
        credentialing and privileging information under each system.
            (4) A description of the interoperability between provider 
        credentialing systems.
            (5) A description of the risk management system, adverse 
        actions, and governance of each system.
            (6) A description of the limitations and gaps in the 
        interoperability and administration of each system.
            (7) Recommendations for scaling each system and addressing 
        gaps in the interoperability and administration of such system, 
        with the goal of achieving a single, uniform system to be used 
        by both Departments.
    (b) Selection.--Not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
Domestic Policy Council, shall jointly select one system from the 
systems in use by the Departments to serve as the joint uniform 
credentialing and privileging system for both the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (c) Capability of System.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that such joint uniform 
credentialing and privileging system has the capability to import and 
share provider credentialing and privileging information.
    (d) Certification of Implementation.--Not later than January 1, 
2028, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Veterans' 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a written 
certificate that such joint uniform credentialing and privileging 
system has been implemented and is operational.
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