S 506
Cleared committee
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a three-year pilot program that assigns case managers to veterans who are enrolled in both Medicare and VA health care, to coordinate their care and benefits.
Official title: Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
Senate
Introduced
11-FEB-2025
Referred
11-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
30-JUL-2025
- Assigns each participating veteran a case manager who builds an individualized care coordination plan with defined treatment goals
- Runs the pilot in three to five Veterans Integrated Service Networks, including rural and medically underserved locations
- Directs the VA to contract with private sector entities where practicable and report to Congress if it cannot
- Requires quarterly reports during the first two years, annual results reports, and a final recommendation on extending or making the program permanent
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in Senate, 11-FEB-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
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