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HR 7434 118th Congress House

BEST for Vets Act of 2024

Official title: To ensure that only licensed health care professionals furnish disability examinations under a certain Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program for use of … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To ensure that only licensed health care professionals furnish disability examinations under a certain Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 28, 2024 Introduced by: Finstad, Brad Republican · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Feb 23, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 23, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 23, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Better Examiner Standards and Transparency for Veterans Act of 2024 or the BEST for Vets Act of 2024

This bill provides that only health care professionals who are licensed and not barred from practice may furnish medical disability examinations under the Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program related to using contract physicians for disability examinations. Health care professionals include physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, audiologists, and psychologists.

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  • S 280 Related bill BEST for Vets Act of 2023
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 4 Republican 8
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Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · May 16, 2024
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Apr 16, 2024
Kildee, Daniel
· Apr 9, 2024
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Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Apr 2, 2024
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Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Mar 5, 2024
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Feb 29, 2024
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Feb 28, 2024
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Feb 28, 2024
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 26, 2024
 R
LaLota, Nick
New York · Feb 23, 2024
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Feb 23, 2024
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Feb 23, 2024
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Feb 23, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7434: BEST for Vets Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7434/
MLA
"H.R. 7434: BEST for Vets Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7434/.
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H.R. 7434, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7434/.
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[H.R. 7434: BEST for Vets Act of 2024](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7434/)
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