Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025

This bill would add a new section to federal veterans law that bars the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from discriminating on the basis of gender identity when providing health care. It would also bar the Secretary from denying a person a medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria that a health care provider has prescribed. The Secretary would have to make sure no one faces such discrimination in hospital care, medical services, or extended care. The Secretary would also have to brief the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees within 90 days and then at least every three months on care given to transgender veterans, plus a one-time briefing on how the new rules are being carried out.

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Sponsors

• Timothy M. Kennedy Democrat sponsor
• 27 cosponsors