TRAVEL Act of 2025
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Topic: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large] (R) - MP
Summary
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year. Such physician must provide health care to veterans at VA facilities located in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
Traveling physicians must coordinate with non-VA providers when necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services.
The VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians.
Legislative Subjects
American Samoa; Armed Forces and National Security; Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management; Guam; Health personnel; Northern Mariana Islands; Puerto Rico; Travel and tourism; U.S. territories and protectorates; Veterans' medical care; Virgin Islands
Latest Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-09-16
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