[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2397 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2397

  To require implementation by the Under Secretary for Health of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations relating to 
the provision of health care through community care providers, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2025

Mr. Ricketts (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require implementation by the Under Secretary for Health of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations relating to 
the provision of health care through community care providers, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coordinating and Aligning Records to 
Improve and Normalize Governance for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025'' 
or the ``CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF CERTAIN 
              RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CARE IN THE COMMUNITY.

    (a) In General.--The Under Secretary for Health of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the Office of Integrated Veteran 
Care, or successor office--
            (1) develops guidance for the efforts of medical centers of 
        the Department of Veterans Affairs in obtaining final medical 
        documentation after a veteran receives services from a 
        community care provider pursuant to a referral from that 
        medical center;
            (2) establishes goals and related performance measures for 
        medical centers of the Department in obtaining initial and 
        final medical documentation from community care providers;
            (3) establishes and monitors goals and related performance 
        measures for the completion by such providers of core trainings 
        and ensures that such providers complete the required training 
        course; and
            (4) takes steps to ensure that the Office of Integrated 
        Veteran Care, or successor office, and any contractor for that 
        Office communicate clear and accurate information to such 
        providers regarding the core trainings recommended or required 
        by that Office, including whether such training is recommended 
        or required.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter until the 
requirements under subsection (a) are fully implemented, the Under 
Secretary for Health shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report on steps taken by the Under Secretary to 
implement those requirements.
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