Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 4077
GUARD Veterans’ Health Care Act
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Introduced 2025-06-23Topic: veterans military · health care · budgetSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would require Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare prescription drug plans to pay the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) back for covered care the VA gives to their enrollees, starting with plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. That money would go into a VA medical collections fund. The bill also changes the rules for how the United States collects charges from insurers and other third parties for VA care tied to conditions not connected to military service. Third parties would have to pay or respond to VA claims within 45 days, report information about veterans who received VA benefits, and could face interest, daily civil penalties, and triple-damage penalties for not paying.
Sponsors
- Lloyd Doggett Democrat sponsor
- 7 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | House | Committee Hearings Held | refer |
| 2025-06-23 | House | Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-23 | House | Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-23 | House | Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-23 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-06-23 | Introduced in House | introduce |