VetPAC Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
Establishes a 17-member Veterans Health Administration Policy Advisory Commission appointed by the Comptroller General, with staggered five-year terms and at least two veteran members. The Commission must include expertise in large medical systems, quality of care, staffing, information technology, artificial intelligence in health care, supply chains, procurement, medical facility construction and leasing, architecture and engineering, medical research, and managed care networks. It meets at least annually and sends recommendations to Congress on VHA operations.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans who use VA health care, Veterans Community Care Program patients, congressional veterans committees, GAO, VHA facility leaders, VA workforce planners, and VA technology modernization teams benefit from an outside review body focused on access, wait times, quality, staffing, patient satisfaction, IT and electronic health records, procurement, research, construction, leasing, and long-term budget needs. Community-care providers and VA medical supply vendors gain clearer signals about oversight priorities and performance expectations.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Comptroller General must appoint and stagger Commission members. The Commission and its staff must conduct recurring reviews and prepare recommendations. VHA leadership, VA medical centers, VA workforce offices, procurement staff, construction and leasing officials, research programs, and community-care administrators face additional oversight, data requests, performance scrutiny, and possible recommendations for operational change.
Key Provisions
- Establishes the Veterans Health Administration Policy Advisory Commission as a permanent advisory body.
- Requires 17 Comptroller General-appointed members, including at least two veterans and experts in hospital systems, staffing, IT, AI, procurement, construction, research, and managed care.
- Requires periodic reviews of VHA access, wait times, quality of care, workforce performance, patient satisfaction, training, budget outlook, procurement, research, construction, leasing, and capital needs.
- Requires the Commission to review VHA interaction with Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Veterans Community Care Program.
- Requires annual meetings and reports with recommendations to congressional veterans committees.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a permanent Veterans Health Administration Policy Advisory Commission appointed by the Comptroller General to review VHA operations, access, quality, workforce, procurement, construction, technology, research, and community-care issues and report recommendations to Congress.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans Affairs, Health Care, Government Oversight
Primary Purpose
Creates a permanent Veterans Health Administration Policy Advisory Commission appointed by the Comptroller General to review VHA operations, access, quality, workforce, procurement, construction, technology, research, and community-care issues and report recommendations to Congress.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Veterans using VA health care
- Veterans Community Care Program patients
- Congressional veterans committees
- VHA facility leaders
- VA technology modernization teams
- VA workforce planners
Identified Costs
- Comptroller General
- Veterans Health Administration
- VA medical centers
- VA procurement staff
- VA construction and leasing officials
- Community-care administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed SenateHeld at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by …
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR …
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8895-8898)
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an …
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Comptroller General, Congressional veterans committees, VHA Policy Advisory Commission
Positive-direction: Congressional veterans committees
Negative-direction: Comptroller General, VHA Policy Advisory Commission, Veterans Health Administration
Veterans Community Care Program patients, Veterans using VA health care
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "vha"
- → Veterans Health Administration
- "vccp"
- → Veterans Community Care Program
- "commission"
- → Veterans Health Administration Policy Advisory Commission
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