S 2333
Cleared committee
Requires the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to let designated individuals or immediate family members add observed health information to the health records of deceased veterans and TRICARE enrollees, without changing existing entries.
Official title: Health Records Enhancement Act
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Senate
Introduced
17-JUL-2025
Referred
17-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
18-MAR-2026
- Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to take steps, within one year of enactment, allowing updates to health records of deceased enrollees.
- Allows updates by a person the enrollee designated or, if none was designated, by an immediate family member such as a spouse, parent, sibling, adult child, or adult person in loco parentis.
- Requires the departments to set up a process for making designations and limits updates to supplementing existing information, not modifying it.
- Covers individuals enrolled in the VA patient enrollment system or entitled to care under TRICARE.
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Armed Forces and National Security
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