House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the consideration of continuity of health care in determining best medical interest under the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Franklin R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1248.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1248, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 727 (119th) Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.