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The bill aims to improve continuity, quality, and oversight of veterans' community care through required documentation, training, and regular reporting, but it creates additional administrative burdens and implementation costs that could slow coordination or divert resources if not adequately funded and communicated.
Veterans will receive more complete medical records when treated by community providers because the VA will require guidance and performance measures to obtain final documentation.
Veterans and community hospitals will get more consistently trained community care providers, improving continuity and quality of care for veterans referred outside the VA.
Taxpayers and federal employees benefit from increased VA transparency and accountability because the Under Secretary must report to congressional Veterans' Affairs committees every 120 days until implementation.
Hospitals and community providers may face additional administrative burden to submit documentation and complete trainings, which could slow care coordination for veterans.
Taxpayers and veterans could see higher VA administrative costs to implement monitoring, training, and reporting, and those costs may divert resources from direct services unless funded separately.
Veterans and community providers may be confused about whether trainings are required if communication is inconsistent, creating compliance gaps that risk continuity of care.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs the VA Office of Integrated Veteran Care to create guidance, set and monitor goals for obtaining medical documentation and ensuring community providers complete required trainings, with recurring reports to Congress every 120 days.
Introduced December 9, 2025 by Abraham J. Hamadeh · Last progress December 9, 2025
Requires the VA Under Secretary for Health to direct the Office of Integrated Veteran Care (or its successor) to create guidance, performance goals, and monitoring for community providers who treat veterans after VA referrals, focusing on obtaining initial and final medical documentation and ensuring completion of required core trainings. The Under Secretary must report to the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees within 120 days of enactment and every 120 days thereafter until the Office fully implements these requirements. It also establishes a short title for the Act.