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The bill creates a new federal remedy that expands accountability and compensation for many service members injured by medical negligence at covered military facilities, while increasing federal costs and administrative burdens and leaving gaps for some deployed or combat-area treatments and certain individual-provider claims.
Military service members and veterans gain a federal cause of action to sue the United States for medical negligence at covered military treatment facilities, creating a clear route to compensation for injury or death.
Veterans and service members who receive VA or SGLI benefits will receive full damages because awards under the new cause of action cannot be reduced by those benefits.
Injured service members get a longer window to sue—a ten-year discovery-based statute of limitations with tolling for pending administrative claims—giving more time to identify and bring claims.
Taxpayers may face higher federal costs from increased settlements or judgments as the government becomes liable for military medical negligence at covered facilities.
Servicemembers could be limited from suing individual providers for punitive damages or pursuing remedies outside the federal scheme because the bill makes the United States the exclusive defendant for covered acts.
Deployed service members treated at battalion aid stations or in combat-area facilities are excluded from the new remedy, potentially leaving some injured personnel without recourse for treatment-related injuries received in those settings.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows service members to sue the United States for negligent or wrongful medical care at covered military treatment facilities and bars award offsets by VA or SGLI benefits.
Official title: To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow suit against the United States for injuries and deaths of members of the Armed Forces caused by improper medical care.
Introduced December 16, 2025 by Darrell Issa · Last progress December 16, 2025
Creates a new federal cause of action allowing members of the uniformed services to sue the United States for personal injury or death caused by negligent or wrongful acts or omissions in medical, dental, or related health care provided at covered military medical treatment facilities. The measure makes the United States, not the individual provider, the defendant; prevents awards from being reduced by VA or Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance benefits; sets a 10-year discovery-based statute of limitations with transitional tolling for pending administrative claims; and requires biennial Attorney General reporting to Congress on claims.