EVEST Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4114 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4114 To amend title 38, United States Code, to automatically enroll eligible veterans in the patient enrollment system of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2025 Mr. Takano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to automatically enroll eligible veterans in the patient enrollment system of Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ``Ensuring Veterans' Smooth Transition Act'' or the ``EVEST Act''. SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF ELIGIBLE VETERANS IN PATIENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) In General.--Section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(d)(1) The Secretary shall enroll each veteran described in subsection (a) in the patient enrollment system under this section not later than 60 days after receiving the information described in paragraph (2) regarding the veteran. ``(2) The information described in this paragraph is the information-- ``(A) regarding a veteran that the Secretary determines is necessary to so enroll a veteran; and ``(B) transmitted to the Secretary under section 1142(e) of title 10. ``(3) Not later than 60 days after enrolling a veteran under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to the veteran-- ``(A) notice of such enrollment; ``(B) instructions regarding how the veteran may opt out of such enrollment; ``(C) instructions re