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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6662

Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Credentialing Integration Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-12-11Topic: veterans military · health care

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This bill requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly report to Congress, within 120 days of the bill becoming law, on the systems each department uses to check and approve the credentials and privileges of medical providers. By January 1, 2027, the two Secretaries must pick one of their existing systems to serve as a single shared credentialing and privileging system for both departments. The chosen system must be able to import and share provider credentialing information. By January 1, 2028, the Secretaries must certify to Congress in writing that the shared system is in place and operating.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-01-15HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.refer
2025-12-11HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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
2025-12-11HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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
2025-12-11Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-12-11Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.