START Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1972
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2025-03-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Standardizing Treatment and Referral Times Act of 2025 or the START Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the period for a veteran’s referral for non-VA care under the Veterans Community Care Program begins on the day that the veteran has the first appointment with the non-VA provider.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1972 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2025 Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the period during which the referral of a veteran, made by a health care provider of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to a non-Department provider, for care or services under the Community Care Program of such Department, remains valid.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Standardizing Treatment and Referral Times Act of 2025 or the START Act of 2025 . 2. Establishment of period during which a referral under the Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs remains valid Section 1703(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) Ensuring that the period during which the referral of a covered veteran, made by a health care provider of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to a non-Department provider, for care or services under this section, is valid, begins on the day that the covered veteran has the first appointment with such non-Department provider. .