Military CARE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6796 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6796 To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a digital system for the submission of complaints relating to access issues at military medical treatment facilities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2025 Mr. Horsford (for himself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Bishop, Ms. McBride, and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a digital system for the submission of complaints relating to access issues at military medical treatment facilities, 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 ``Military Care, Access, Reporting, and Evaluation Act'' or the ``Military CARE Act''. SEC. 2. DIGITAL SYSTEM FOR ACCESS ASSISTANCE AT MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. (a) Digital System for Access Assistance.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a digital system under which-- (1) a covered beneficiary who receives health care at a military medical treatment facility may electronically-- (A) file a complaint relating to access to care at such military medical treatment facility; and (B) view the status of such complaint at any time, including the status of any interim or final action taken to address the complaint; (2) any complaint filed under paragraph (1)(A) shall be promptly transmitted to an appropriate patient advocate of the Department of Defense; and (3) complaints file