H.R. 6526

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6526 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6526

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a publicly available 
directory of health care providers that accept assignments under the 
CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 9, 2025

Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a publicly available 
directory of health care providers that accept assignments under the 
CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Clarity on Care Options Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DIRECTORY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT 
ACCEPT ASSIGNMENTS UNDER THE CHAMPVA PROGRAM.

(a) Annual Query.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require 
each entity that administers a network of health care providers under 
section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, to, on an annual basis--
(1) query each provider in such network to determine 
whether the provider accepts assignments under the CHAMPVA 
program; and
(2) submit the results of such queries to the Secretary.
(b) Directory.--Utilizing the information submitted under 
subsection (a) and any other information available to the Secretary, 
the Secretary shall establish and maintain a publicly available 
directory of providers in such networks that accept assignments under 
the CHAMPVA program.
(c) Implementation.--
(1) Annual queries.--The first queries required by 
subsection (a) shall be completed, and the results submitted to 
the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
(2) List of providers.--The first directory of providers 
required by subsection (b) shall be made publicly available not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
(d) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for four additional 
years, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the extent to 
which the providers in such networks accept assignments under the 
CHAMPVA program. The report shall include the following information, 
broken down by State (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code) and by Veterans Integrated Service Network:
(1) The number of providers in such networks that accept 
assignments under the CHAMPVA program.
(2) The percentage of providers in such networks that 
accept assignments under the CHAMPVA program and the percentage 
of providers in such networks that do not accept such 
assignments.
(3) The specific geographical areas that contain CHAMPVA 
program beneficiaries but do not contain providers that accept 
assignments under the CHAMPVA program.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``accept assignment'', with respect to the 
CHAMPVA program, means to accept responsibility for the care of 
a CHAMPVA program beneficiary and thereby agree to accept the 
amount determined allowable under the CHAMPVA program as full 
payment for services and supplies rendered to the beneficiary.
(2) The term ``CHAMPVA program'' means the Civilian Health 
and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs under 
section 1781 of title 38, United States Code, and Part 17 of 
title 38, Code of Federal Regulations.
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