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Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Credentialing Integration Act of 2025
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly select a joint uniform credentialing and privileging system for medical providers, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a joint uniform credentialing and privileging system for medical providers. Within 120 days of enactment, the two departments must submit a report to Congress describing their current credentialing systems, data portability, interoperability, and recommendations for achieving a single system. By January 1, 2027, the departments must jointly select one existing system to serve as the uniform system for both departments. The selected system must have the capability to import and share provider credentialing information between the two departments. By January 1, 2028, the departments must certify to Congress that the joint system has been implemented and is operational.
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Sponsor (1)
14 cosponsors
- Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large] (R-MP)
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] (R-MS)
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA)
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX)
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA)
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV)
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA)
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO)
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC)
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH)
Actions (3)
- Jan 15, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- Dec 11, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Dec 11, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 11, 2025
Mr. Murphy (for himself, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. King-Hinds, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Guest, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, and Mr. Onder) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly select a joint uniform credentialing and privileging system for medical providers, 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 “Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Credentialing Integration Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. JOINT UNIFORM CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL PROVIDERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Report.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Domestic Policy Council, shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the medical provider credentialing and privileging systems in use by each Department. Such report shall include each of the following:
(1) A description of the scope and scale of each system.
(2) A description of the type of data stored on each system.
(3) A description of the portability of provider credentialing and privileging information under each system.
(4) A description of the interoperability between provider credentialing systems.
(5) A description of the risk management system, adverse actions, and governance of each system.
(6) A description of the limitations and gaps in the interoperability and administration of each system.
(7) Recommendations for scaling each system and addressing gaps in the interoperability and administration of such system, with the goal of achieving a single, uniform system to be used by both Departments.
(b) Selection.—Not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Domestic Policy Council, shall jointly select one system from the systems in use by the Departments to serve as the joint uniform credentialing and privileging system for both the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(c) Capability of System.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that such joint uniform credentialing and privileging system has the capability to import and share provider credentialing and privileging information.
(d) Certification of Implementation.—Not later than January 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a written certificate that such joint uniform credentialing and privileging system has been implemented and is operational. <all>
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