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H.R. 1860: Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act
119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act
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Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to hire or designate a Regional Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Care Coordinator for each Veteran Integrated Services Network (i.e., regional VA health care administrative areas). Among other duties, such coordinators must ensure the coordination of care between VA clinicians and breast and gynecologic cancer community care providers. Under the bill, veterans are eligible for such care coordination if they are diagnosed with a breast or gynecologic condition and are eligible for health care through the Veterans Community Care Program.
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Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] · 9 cosponsors
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1860.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr1860 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills