Mammography Access for Veterans Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3395 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3395

To expand the telescreening mammography pilot program of the Department 
              of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2025

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Moran, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Boozman) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the telescreening mammography pilot program of the Department 
              of Veterans Affairs, 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 ``Mammography Access for Veterans Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF TELESCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY PILOT PROGRAM OF 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 102 of the Making Advances in Mammography 
and Medical Options for Veterans Act (Public Law 117-135; 38 U.S.C. 
7322 note) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``pilot'';
            (2) by striking ``pilot'' each place it appears;
            (3) by striking subsection (b);
            (4) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as 
        subsections (b) through (d), respectively; and
            (5) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (4), by 
        striking ``one year after the conclusion of the program under 
        subsection (a)'' and inserting ``May 1, 2027''.
    (b) Expansion of Locations.--Not later than two years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure the Department offers at least one of the following 
programs in each State and Puerto Rico:
            (1) The program under section 102 of the Making Advances in 
        Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act (Public Law 
        117-135; 38 U.S.C. 7322 note), as amended by subsection (a).
            (2) A full-service mammography program within a facility of 
        the Department.
            (3) A mobile mammography program of the Department.
    (c) Accessibility.--The Secretary shall ensure that each of the 
programs under subsection (b) are accessible for veterans with 
paralysis, a spinal cord injury or disorder, or another disability, 
consistent with applicable accessibility requirements.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section or the 
amendments made by this section shall prevent the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs from expanding telescreening mammography services to facilities 
of the Department that are not--
            (1) the facilities participating in the pilot program under 
        section 102 of the Making Advances in Mammography and Medical 
        Options for Veterans Act (Public Law 117-135; 38 U.S.C. 7322 
        note) as of the day before the date of the enactment of this 
        Act; or
            (2) located in States where the Department does not offer 
        breast imaging services at a facility of the Department.
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