Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 54
- Latest action
- Mar 27, 2025
What it does
The Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act would amend Title 38 of the United States Code to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to either reimburse State veterans' homes for the cost of certain high-cost medications or provide those medications directly, at the home’s election. A "costly medication" is defined as a drug whose average wholesale price for a one-month supply, plus a 3% transaction fee, exceeds 8.5% of the VA’s standard payment to the home for the veteran’s care during that month. The bill applies specifically to State homes providing nursing home care to veterans under VA contracts or agreements. It aims to ensure access to expensive medications for veterans in…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.