S 2981
Cleared committee
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to create and publish a formulary, or official list, of prosthetic and rehabilitative items and services, make those items available at all its facilities, and set up a process for clinicians to request items not on the list when medically necessary.
Official title: Veterans Prosthetics Advancement and Reform Act
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Senate
Introduced
07-OCT-2025
Referred
07-OCT-2025
Approved by committee
18-MAR-2026
- Directs the VA Secretary to establish a Prosthetic and Rehabilitative Items and Services Formulary, drawing on veterans' input and the best available evidence
- Requires the VA to publish the formulary online, update it periodically, and tell veterans how to appeal decisions about it
- Requires the VA to ensure formulary items are available at all VA facilities and to contract for them as needed
- Creates a process for clinicians to prescribe non-formulary items when medically necessary, and requires the VA to monitor those requests to decide whether to add items to the formulary
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Armed Forces and National Security
■ 1 R■ 1 D
1 Republican
1 Democrat