Nurse registries would join list of VA community care providers
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Sponsor: Tommy Tuberville · Senator · AL
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Official title: Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025
119th Congress
Topics: Security & foreign affairs
Introduced:
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The bill would add nurse registries, and the workers placed through them, to the providers the VA can use for community care.
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What does this do?
The bill would add "nurse registries" to the list of providers and organizations that can take part in the Veterans Community Care Program. A nurse registry is a business that connects individual care workers, such as nurses, nursing assistants, home health aides, companions, and homemakers, with people who need their services. The bill would also cover those workers when they provide services through a registry, and a registry would have to meet any licensing requirements set by its state.
Who does it affect?
The bill would mainly affect veterans who need help at home, such as nursing care, personal assistance, or companionship. It would also affect the registries and care workers who could now take part in the program.
Why does it matter?
The VA would have another way to arrange in-home and similar care for veterans who qualify for community care, and it could pay for that care through the program. The bill does not change who qualifies for community care.
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Based on the “Introduced in Senate” text of Feb 19, 2025.
After that text, a committee agreed on Jul 30, 2025 to send the bill to the full chamber with changes. This plain-language version may not reflect them.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedFeb 19, 2025
- Senate committeeYou are here · Jul 30, 2025
- Senate vote
- House
- The president's desk
Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.