H.R. 1364 · 119th Congress
ASSIST Act of 2025
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Tom Barrett
- Introduced
- 2025-02-14
- Latest action
- 2025-05-20 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Summary
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 ramp and kneeling systems, lowered floors, mobility device lifts, non-articulating trailers, and ingress or egress accessibility modifications.