TRAVEL Act of 2025

Summary

The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025 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.

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• Referred in Senate

  Referred in Senate · EN · 16 September 2025

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• Engrossed in House

  Engrossed in House · EN · 15 September 2025

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• Reported in House

  Reported in House · EN · 10 September 2025

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• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 14 May 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 May 2025

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