Congress·In Committee·S. 3992
Joint Medical Facilities Fund Act of 2026
Joint Medical Facilities: Shared Funding for Military and Veteran Hospitals
Legislative Progress
Senate
Key Points
- This bill creates a permanent "Joint Medical Facility Fund" so the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs can easily share the costs of running hospitals together.
- By pooling their money into one account, these agencies can more easily pay for daily operations, new medical equipment, and small building repairs at shared clinics.
- The plan ensures that each department pays its fair share by using a formula that tracks how many patients they treat and what kind of medical work is being done.
- This change helps support places like the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Illinois, where active-duty military and veterans receive care in the same building.
- The bill also asks officials to look for other hospitals across the country that could be run more efficiently by combining resources from both departments.
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Milestones
2 milestones2 actions
Mar 4, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Mar 4, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Joint Medical Facilities Fund Act of 2026
Bill NumberS 3992
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Data Sources
Sponsor
Cosponsors
(2)D: 1R: 1
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