Clarity on Care Options Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6526 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6526 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a publicly available directory of health care providers that accept assignments under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 9, 2025 Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia 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 establish and maintain a publicly available directory of health care providers that accept assignments under the CHAMPVA program, 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 ``Clarity on Care Options Act''. SEC. 2. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DIRECTORY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT ACCEPT ASSIGNMENTS UNDER THE CHAMPVA PROGRAM. (a) Annual Query.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require each entity that administers a network of health care providers under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, to, on an annual basis-- (1) query each provider in such network to determine whether the provider accepts assignments under the CHAMPVA program; and (2) submit the results of such queries to the Secretary. (b) Directory.--Utilizing the information submitted under subsection (a) and any other information available to the Secretary, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a publicly available directory of providers in such networks that accept assignments under the CHAMPVA program. (c) Implementation.-- (1) Annual queries.--The first querie