Foreign Medical Program Modernization Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement of a service-connected disability to furnish veterans with medical care outside of a State, and for other purposes.
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What This Bill Does
This bill expands eligibility for care under the Foreign Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by removing certain eligibility requirements. The program authorizes the VA to furnish care and services to veterans abroad (i.e., outside any state) for the treatment of service-connected disabilities or as part of a Veteran Readiness and Employment rehabilitation program. The bill expands eligibility for care by removing the requirement that a veteran have a service-connected disability or be participating in a rehabilitation program.
The bill also requires the VA to update its payment system to allow for reimbursements through electronic fund transfer.
Under the bill, the VA must assess the feasibility and implications of contracting with an appropriate non-VA entity to build a network of non-VA entities to provide hospital care and medical services abroad under the Foreign Medical Program.
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- House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Library of CongressIntroduced in House
- House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced
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