Sen. Jerry Moran is joining his fellow Republican Senate colleagues in introducing legislation that would require Veterans Affairs to consider continuity of care.
Moran, who is the ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined Florida Senator Marco Rubio to require the VA to consider the continuity of health care when deciding whether a provider in the community is in a veteran’s best medical interest.
Under current law, there are several criteria that the VA is required to take into account when determining whether it is in a veteran’s best medical interests to seek care outside a VA medical facility.
The bill called the Ensuring Continuity in Veterans’ Health Act would add continuity of care to that criteria, which would help veterans who have been engaged in care in the community be able to continue receiving treatment from their community care provider.
Moran is joined by 9 other Republican Senators in support of this proposed legislation.
