Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025

This bill makes it clear that the VA can pay for medically needed car and van changes that help veterans ride or drive safely. It lists examples like ramps and kneeling systems, raised doors or lowered floors, raised roofs, air conditioning, mobility lifts (for when someone is in or out of the chair), easier ways to get in and out, wheelchair tie-downs, and adapted seating. It is called the Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation (ASSIST) Act of 2025. The bill also pushes back a deadline related to certain pension payment limits, moving it from November 30, 2031, to September 30, 2032.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Veterans who need vehicle adaptations and the VA programs that support them.
• What changes: The VA’s “medical services” clearly include specific vehicle adaptations, so these items can be funded; a pension payment limit deadline is extended to September 30, 2032.
• Why it matters: Veterans can more easily get the equipment needed to travel safely and independently.