Fisher House facilities — free or low-cost lodging units near VA medical centers — are currently available to veterans and their families while the veteran receives care. This bill expands access on a space-available basis to active-duty service members and their families who must travel a significant distance to receive care at a VA or other approved facility. It also extends eligibility to family members of veterans or active-duty individuals who themselves must travel far for their own medical care. The VA Secretary sets criteria for this space-available access; existing priority for veterans and their families is unchanged.
Congressional Summary
Fisher House Availability Act of 2025This bill expands eligibility for temporary lodging at a Fisher House to additional individuals receiving medical care or treatment at a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) or non-VA facility or those accompanying individuals receiving such treatment. (Fisher Houses are where the VA furnishes no-cost lodging to veterans and others when receiving treatment or accompanying an individual receiving treatment.)Specifically, the bill authorizes the VA to provide lodging at a Fisher House on a space-available basis tomembers of the Armed Forces, regardless of duty status, or any individual on active duty (i.e., eligible individuals) who must travel a significant distance to receive care or services;family members and others accompanying such eligible individuals to receive care or services;veterans, members of a veteran's family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of a veteran's family to receive care or services; andeligible individuals, members of an eligible individual’s family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of an eligible individual’s family to receive care or services.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-11-06
- Date Added
- 2026-06-03
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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