Community care provider training requirements

(a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1703G the following new section: 1703H. Required training for community care providers (a) In general Each non-Department health care provider that provides health care to veterans under this subchapter shall complete covered training. (b) Continuing education requirements The Secretary shall offer covered training under this section in such a manner as to qualify for or fulfill continuing education requirements for health care professionals. (c) Timeline (1) In general Covered training must be completed by a health care provider under this section— (A) except as provided in paragraph (2), within the same time period in which a newly hired health care provider employed by the Department is required to complete such training or substantially similar training; and (B) in the case of any recurring or newly added training, within the same time period in which a health care provider employed by the Department is required to complete such training or substantially similar training. (2) Existing providers With respect to health care providers providing care to veterans under this subchapter as of the date of the enactment of the Honor Act of 2025, covered training under paragraph (1)(A) must be completed by not later than one year after such date of enactment. (d) Lack of compliance (1) Supervision A non-Department health care provider that does not complete covered training within the timelines required under this section shall be able to provide care under the laws administered by the Secretary only under direct supervision by a provider who has completed covered training and has an equivalent or higher licensure as the provider in question. (2) Removal A non-Department health care provider that has not completed covered training as of the date that is 180 days after the due date for such training shall be— (A) ineligible to provide health care under the laws administered by the Secretary until completing covered training; (B) removed from any network of non-Department health care providers; and (C) ineligible to reapply to be a part of any such network for not less than 180 days and until completing covered training. (e) Publication of training status (1) Provider Profile Management System The status of the completion by a non-Department health care provider of covered training shall be reflected in the Provider Profile Management System, or any successor system. (2) Publicly available website Each Third Party Administrator (as defined in section 1703B of this title) shall publish the status of the completion by non-Department health care providers administered by the Third Party Administrator of covered training on a publicly available and user-friendly website and update such a website not less frequently than weekly. (f) Covered training defined In this section, the term covered training means— (1) course modules that are required of similarly practicing and licensed providers of the Department relating to miliary culture, post-traumatic stress disorder, evaluation and management of suicide, preventing suicide through lethal means safety, traumatic brain injury, and opioid safety provided by or through the Department; or (2) course modules determined by the Secretary as comparable in length and scope to those specified in paragraph (1).. (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1703G the following new item: 1703H. Required training for community care providers..