HR 1860
Passed a chamber
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to designate breast and gynecologic cancer care coordinators in each Veteran Integrated Services Network to help eligible veterans receiving community care, and extends a pension payment limit date to September 30, 2032.
Official title: Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
05-MAR-2025
Referred
05-MAR-2025
Reported
29-JUL-2025
On the calendar
29-JUL-2025
Passed
15-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2025
- Requires VA to hire or designate a Regional Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Care Coordinator at each Veteran Integrated Services Network within one year of enactment.
- Coordinators ensure care is coordinated between VA clinicians and community care providers, contact veterans, monitor outcomes, and document information in VA electronic health records.
- Requires VA to report to the Veterans' Affairs committees within three years, comparing health outcomes, timeliness, and patient safety for VA and community cancer care.
- Extends from November 30, 2031 to September 30, 2032 the date in 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7) that limits pension payments.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (05-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Health Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
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9 Democrats