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S. 506 · 119th Congress

Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act

IntroducedArmed Forces and National Security
IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
Passed HouseNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Introduced. Latest step, Jul 30, 2025: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 1 new provisions of its own.

How this bill changes the law

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S. 506 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 1 new provision of its own. Read from the bill text as introduced in the Senate (Feb 11, 2025).

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Pilot program on coordination of care between Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare program
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

    From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.

    What it does

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    Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act

    This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a three-year pilot program to coordinate, navigate, and manage care and benefits for veterans who are enrolled in both the Medicare program and the VA health care system.

    Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Feb 11, 2025).

    Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

    What has happened

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    1. Jul 30, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.Senate
    2. May 21, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.Senate
    3. Feb 11, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Senate
    4. Feb 11, 2025Introduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

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    Cosponsors

    • Angus S. King, Jr. I-ME