A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder and increase access to assistive technologies, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3988 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3988 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder and increase access to assistive technologies, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 4, 2026 Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder and increase access to assistive technologies, 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 ``Veterans Spinal Trauma Access to New Devices Act'' or the ``Veterans STAND Act''. SEC. 2. PROVISION OF PREVENTATIVE HEALTH EVALUATIONS FOR VETERANS WITH A SPINAL CORD INJURY OR DISORDER. Section 1706 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(d)(1) In managing the provision of hospital care and medical services under section 1710(a) of this title, the Secretary shall furnish (through direct provision of service, referral, or a telehealth program operated by the Department) a preventative health evaluation annually to any veteran with a spinal cord injury or disorder who elects to undergo the evaluation. ``(2) The evaluation described in paragraph (1) shall include the following: ``(A) An assessment of any circumstance or condition the veteran is experiencing that indicates a risk for any heal