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Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health Act
This bill requires the consideration of continuity of care when determining whether care through the Veterans Community Care Program is in the best medical interest of a veteran.
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Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] · R–FL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-12 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would add continuity of care—maintaining ongoing health care—to a provision of federal law concerning the Veterans Community Care Program. It proposes a change affecting veterans’ care, but the supplied text does not explain how the new consideration would apply to individual care decisions.
2. Consideration of continuity of health care under Veterans Community Care Program Section 1703(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) Continuity of care. .
Section 2 would append a new subparagraph (F), “Continuity of care,” to section 1703(d)(2) of title 38 of the United States Code. The existing paragraph is not reproduced, limiting what can be concluded about how this addition would change the program’s rules.
Section 1703(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) Continuity of care. .
The supplied actions snapshot, updated December 5, 2025, records introduction and referral to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2025, followed by referral to the Subcommittee on Health on March 21, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T22:49:13Z. 2025-03-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 2025-02-12: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2025-02-12: Introduced in House
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This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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