S. 668 119th Congress Senate

SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Office of Falls Prevention of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 20, 2025 Introduced by: Angus S. King Jr. Independent · Maine See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security AgingCongressional oversightDepartment of Veterans AffairsExecutive agency funding and structure

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Health personnelHealth promotion and preventive careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical researchVeterans' medical care

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Dec 10, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Feb 20, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Feb 20, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives for Veterans Act of 2025 or the SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025

This bill addresses certain mobility and aging care and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

First, the bill requires the establishment and operation of the Office of Falls Prevention within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for purposes of providing, evaluating, and improving VA health care services related to falls prevention.

Among other duties, the office must oversee and support a national education campaign for veterans, their families, and health care providers that focuses on reducing falls and increases awareness of available benefits or services provided by the VA to reduce falls.

The bill also expands membership of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities by including the VA.

The VA must issue or update directives of the VHA for facilities and providers relating to safe patient handling and mobility policies.

Additionally, the VA must determine the feasibility and advisability of implementing a pilot program to provide home improvements and structural alterations to prevent falls for veterans who are eligible for such services under VA laws.

Finally, the bill requires the VA to ensure certain veterans receive a falls risk assessment from a licensed physical therapist or occupational therapist.

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple …
Meeting Dec 10, 2025 · 4:00 PM EST · Veterans' Affairs Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Lobbying activity 37

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
for THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY
for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY · Georgia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
37 filings
SENATE
37 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
25 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
23 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
22 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
21 filings
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
21 filings
Education, Dept of
17 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Dec 10, 2025

Rounds, Mike

South Dakota · Feb 20, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 668: SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-668/

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