This bill helps veterans in U.S. territories access healthcare by allowing doctors to travel there and provide services. It aims to improve medical care for veterans living in these areas.
The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year. Such physician must provide health care to veterans at VA facilities located in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. Traveling physicians must coordinate with non-VA providers when necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services. The VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians.