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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6662 
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to jointly select a joint uniform credentialing and privileging system 
for medical providers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2025 
Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. JACK-
SON of Texas, Mr. BERGMAN, Mrs. KING-HINDS, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. 
GUEST, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. TURNER of Ohio, Mr. BACON, 
Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, and Mr. 
ONDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to jointly select a joint uniform 
credentialing and privileging system for medical pro-
viders, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
and 
Department 
of 
Veterans 
Affairs 
Medical 
Credentialing Integration Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. JOINT UNIFORM CREDENTIALING AND PRIVI-
LEGING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL PROVIDERS 
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
Domestic Policy Council, shall jointly submit to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 
medical provider credentialing and privileging systems in 
use by each Department. Such report shall include each 
of the following: 
(1) A description of the scope and scale of each 
system. 
(2) A description of the type of data stored on 
each system. 
(3) A description of the portability of provider 
credentialing and privileging information under each 
system. 
(4) A description of the interoperability between 
provider credentialing systems. 
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(5) A description of the risk management sys-
tem, adverse actions, and governance of each sys-
tem. 
(6) A description of the limitations and gaps in 
the interoperability and administration of each sys-
tem. 
(7) Recommendations for scaling each system 
and addressing gaps in the interoperability and ad-
ministration of such system, with the goal of achiev-
ing a single, uniform system to be used by both De-
partments. 
(b) SELECTION.—Not later than January 1, 2027, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, in consultation with the Domestic Policy Council, 
shall jointly select one system from the systems in use by 
the Departments to serve as the joint uniform 
credentialing and privileging system for both the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(c) CAPABILITY OF SYSTEM.—The Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 
that such joint uniform credentialing and privileging sys-
tem has the capability to import and share provider 
credentialing and privileging information. 
(d) CERTIFICATION
OF
IMPLEMENTATION.—Not 
later than January 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense and 
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