Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2623 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2623 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs as innovative therapies centers of excellence, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 3, 2025 Mr. Correa (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Khanna, and Mr. Luttrell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs as innovative therapies centers of excellence, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DESIGNATION OF INNOVATIVE THERAPIES CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. (a) In General.--Chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7330D the following new section: ``Sec. 7330E. Innovative therapies centers of excellence ``(a) Establishment of Centers.--(1) The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, shall designate not less than five Department medical facilities as the locations for innovative therapies centers of excellence. ``(2) Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary shall establish and operate innovative therapies centers of excellence at the locations designated pursuant to paragraph (1). ``(b) Geographic Distribution of Facilities.--In designat