Veterans STAND Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6835 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6835 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2025 Mr. Bergman (for himself, Mr. Bost, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Crow, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. James, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was 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 d