Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from discriminating against transgender veterans in healthcare, specifically requiring the VA to provide medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria. It directly affects transgender veterans seeking VA health services by mandating that the VA cannot deny such care or misgender patients based on gender identity. The law adds a new section to VA healthcare law explicitly banning gender identity discrimination and ensuring access to gender dysphoria treatments, aligning with existing protections under the Affordable Care Act. Additionally, it requires the VA to provide quarterly reports to Congress on how transgender veterans receive healthcare services under this new standard.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 30, 2025
Last action Oct 15, 2025
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Key actions
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Committee
2
Oct 15, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Sep 30, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
Sep 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 28 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Timothy M. Kennedy
DDemocratic
Co
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
Co
Becca Balint
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pappas
DDemocratic
Co
Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Emily Randall
DDemocratic
Co
James R. Walkinshaw
DDemocratic
Co
Judy Chu
DDemocratic
Co
Julia Brownley
DDemocratic
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