S. 2397

Summary

S. 2397, the CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Jul 23, 2025 by Sen. Pete Ricketts (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Mar 18, 2026: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Record

Text

S. 2397 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 S2397 IS: Coordinating and Aligning Records to Improve and Normalize Governance for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-23
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2397  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   July 23, 2025   Mr. Ricketts  (for himself and  Mr. King ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Veterans' Affairs    A BILL
To require implementation by the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations relating to the provision of health care through community care providers, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Coordinating and Aligning Records to Improve and Normalize Governance for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025   or the   CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025  .
2.
Implementation by Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations with respect to care in the community
(a)
In general
The Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the Office of Integrated Veteran Care, or successor office—
(1)
develops guidance for the efforts of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs in obtaining final medical documentation after a veteran receives services from a community care provider pursuant to a referral from that medical center;
(2)
establishes goals and related performance measures for medical centers of the Department in obtaining initial and final medical documentation from community care providers;
(3)
establishes and monitors goals and related performance measures for the completion by such providers of core trainings and ensures that such providers complete the required training course; and
(4)
takes steps to ensure that the Office of Integrated Veteran Care, or successor office, and any contractor for that Office communicate clear and accurate information to such providers regarding the core trainings recommended or required by that Office, including whether such training is recommended or required.
(b)
Report
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter until the requirements under subsection (a) are fully implemented, the Under Secretary for Health shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on steps taken by the Under Secretary to implement those requirements.

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A bill to require implementation by the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations relating to the provision of health care through community care providers, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Pete Ricketts (R) sponsors S. 2397, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Pete Ricketts

Sen. · R–NE · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 23, 2025

Angus King

Sen. · I–ME · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Elissa Slotkin

Sen. · D–MI · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 10, 2025

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Committees

S. 2397 went before 1 committee: Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs

Veterans' Affairs

Markup By · Mar 18, 2026

Actions

S. 2397 has taken 4 actions since Jul 23, 2025, the latest on Mar 18, 2026.

Votes

S. 2397 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 2397, as Identical bill.

HR 6522CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025Jan 5, 2026 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 2397 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025 — Display Title
• CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Coordinating and Aligning Records to Improve and Normalize Governance for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to require implementation by the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations relating to the provision of health care through community care providers, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for S. 2397, the latest on Apr 21, 2026.

• S. 2397, CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2026 — 2026-04-21As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 18, 2026

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 28 registered lobbyists who named S. 2397 in 10 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Veterans, Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Agriculture.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 28.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2397 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2397’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

Legislative Subjects

S. 2397 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Congressional oversight to Veterans' medical care.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com