Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act

House Bill

H.R. 3482

119th Congress

Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act

In Committee

Introduced:May 19, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Kathy Castor

Representative

Democratic

FL-14

Cosponsors

4

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Labor and Employment

Summary

This bill improves scheduling processes for veterans seeking care through the Veterans Community Care Program. VCCP allows veterans to receive care from community providers when VA facilities cannot provide timely or convenient access. The legislation addresses scheduling challenges that may delay veterans from receiving needed care, aiming to streamline appointment booking and reduce wait times for veterans seeking community care through VA referrals.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

SponsorKathy Castor (D-FL)

Introduced5/19/2025

StatusSubcommittee Hearings Held

ChamberHouse

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Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act

This bill improves scheduling processes for veterans seeking care through the Veterans Community Care Program. VCCP allows veterans to receive care from community providers when VA facilities cannot provide timely or convenient access. The legislation addresse

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This bill improves scheduling processes for veterans seeking care through the Veterans Community Care Program. VCCP allows veterans to receive care from community providers when VA facilities cannot provide timely or convenient access. The legislation addresses scheduling challenges that may delay veterans from receiving needed care, aiming to streamline appointment booking and reduce wait times for veterans seeking community care through VA referrals.

Bill Number: 3482
Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Introduced: 5/19/2025
Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held
Policy Area: Labor and Employment

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Fact Sheet

Title: Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act
Bill Number: 3482
Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held
Introduced: 5/19/2025
Summary: This bill improves scheduling processes for veterans seeking care through the Veterans Community Care Program. VCCP allows veterans to receive care from community providers when VA facilities cannot provide timely or convenient access. The legislation addresses scheduling challenges that may delay v

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill improves scheduling processes for veterans seeking care through the Veterans Community Care Program. VCCP allows veterans to receive care from community providers when VA facilities cannot provide timely or convenient access. The legislation addresses scheduling challenges that may delay veterans from receiving needed care, aiming to streamline appointment booking and reduce wait times for veterans seeking community care through VA referrals.

Last updated: 1/4/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants for FY2024, on a competitive basis, to states, local governments, or nonprofit organizations to support broad innovation and experimentation with respect to portable benefits. Portable benefits are work-related benefits that are provided to workers who are not traditional full-time employees in a manner that allows the worker to maintain the benefits upon changing jobs. The grants must be used for (1) the evaluation, or improvement to the design or implementation, of existing models or approaches for providing portable benefits; or (2) the design, implementation, and evaluation of new models or approaches for providing such benefits. The grants may not be used for a model or approach that provides only retirement-related benefits. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report to Congress on the outcome of the grants awarded pursuant to this bill.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Improves Veterans Community Care Program scheduling
Addresses delays in community care appointments
Streamlines booking process for veteran referrals
Reduces wait times for community provider care
Enhances VA-to-community-care coordination

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

For veterans: Faster scheduling of community care appointments. For VA: Improved care coordination processes. For community providers: Streamlined veteran referral handling. For veteran healthcare access: Reduced delays in care. For VCCP effectiveness: Enhanced program administration.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Labor and Employment

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

3482, 119th Congress (2025). "Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-3482