Bill > HR5943

This bill establishes the Transforming Healing, Resilience, and Integrative Veteran Engagement (THRIVE) Act of 2025, which directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to create a Task Force on Complementary and Integrative Health/Whole Health within 90 days of enactment. The task force will comprise representatives from the VA, academic institutions, veterans service organizations, and community-based programs, and will focus on improving mental health treatments for veterans. Specifically, the task force will assess veterans' current access to alternative therapies like acupuncture, meditation, yoga, and peer-supported programs for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury, depression, and anxiety. The group will develop a framework to evaluate the effectiveness of these therapies, identify research and implementation gaps, and determine how to integrate emerging treatment approaches into VA medical care. Within one year, the task force will submit recommendations to the VA Secretary, who must then report to Congressional veterans' affairs committees about proposed implementation. The task force will be dissolved after submitting its recommendations, with a focus on improving veteran mental health outcomes through innovative, holistic treatment approaches.

Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5943/all-info