S 702
Advanced toward a vote
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to arrange an independent study comparing the quality of mental health and addiction therapy care given by VA providers with care given by outside providers, and to publish the results.
Official title: Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
Senate
Introduced
25-FEB-2025
Referred
25-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
30-JUL-2025
Reported
09-DEC-2025
On the calendar
09-DEC-2025
- Directs the VA Secretary to seek an agreement with an independent outside organization to conduct the study within 90 days of enactment
- Requires the organization to finish the study within 18 months of signing the agreement
- Covers care across telehealth, inpatient, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and residential treatment
- Requires the report to assess health outcomes, use of evidence-based practices, care coordination, veteran-centric care, integrated care for co-occurring conditions, monitoring up to three years after treatment, and wait times, and to be sent to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees and posted publicly
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (25-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Reported to Senate, 09-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 5 D■ 3 R
3 Republicans