S219-119

In Committee

Veterans Health Care Freedom Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 23, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Veterans Affairs.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD99D1E1C07A445D3B6FD0C3DA7F63395: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act.
  • Section H7F07A8F7DAE64865B20663E700D54293: 2. Pilot program on ability of veterans to choose health care providers The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through the Center for Innovation for Care...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Veterans Affairs

Primary Purpose

This bill, Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Veterans Affairs

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies:
health care providers and patients:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 21, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.

Jan 23, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Wicker, …

Jan 23, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Veterans Affairs
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"covered care system" §H7F07A8F7DAE64865B20663E700D54293

each— medical facility of the Department

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