ASSIST Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 3/18/2026
Actions
- 2026-03-18Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2025-05-13Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-05-13Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-05-13 (00)
Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025 or the ASSIST Act of 2025
This bill expands the definition of medical services for purposes of veterans’ benefits to include additional medically necessary automobile adaptations. Under the bill, the Department of Veterans Affairs may provide funding for the following medically necessary automobile adaptations for driver or passenger use: ramp and kneeling systems, lowered floors, occupied and unoccupied mobility lifts, ingress or egress accessibility modifications, and adapted seating.
The bill also extends the limitation on pension amounts for certain hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through September 30, 2032.
Cosponsors (8)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Subjects
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Motor vehicles
- Veterans' medical care
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