Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025
This bill includes any nurse registry as an eligible health care provider under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Under the bill, a nurse registry is a person who satisfies applicable state licensure requirements and procures, or attempts to procure, contracts or agreements on behalf of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, home health aides, companions, or homemakers under which such individuals may furnish health care-related or assistive services and receive compensation.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2025 to Oct 14, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 14, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 43, March 6, 2025, page H1040.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 635 | Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Jul 30, 2025 |
| HR 2268 | Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Mar 26, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recognize nurse registries for purposes of the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
