Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2025

This bill would let people with a diagnosed mental health condition who are moving from Defense Department health care to Veterans Affairs (VA) health care choose to keep seeing their Defense Department mental health care provider during the transition. These individuals would get the same priority as active service members at the military treatment facility. The VA would repay the Defense Department for this care when the VA would otherwise have provided it. If the provider leaves, the person could pick another provider at the same facility or a VA provider; if the person moves away and cannot reasonably get care there, they would switch to a VA provider, and their Defense Department mental health records would be sent to the VA.

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Sponsors

• Shri Thanedar Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors