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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 4217

VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

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Introduced 2025-06-27Topic: veterans military · health care · environment

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system at each VA facility that would benefit from such a system's cost savings. In order to identify which VA facilities would benefit, the VA must develop a uniform regulated medical waste cost analysis model to determine the cost savings associated with the use of an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-12-19HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.refer
2025-06-27HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.refer
2025-06-27Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-06-27Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.