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H.R. 4217 119th Congress House

VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 27, 2025 Introduced by: Mike Bost Republican · Illinois See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Dec 19, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 27, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 27, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system at each VA facility that would benefit from such a system's cost savings. In order to identify which VA facilities would benefit, the VA must develop a uniform regulated medical waste cost analysis model to determine the cost savings associated with the use of an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4217: VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4217/
MLA
"H.R. 4217: VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4217/.
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H.R. 4217, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4217/.
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[H.R. 4217: VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4217/)
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