HR 10417
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose each instance in which the Secretary uses artificial intelligence to interact with a covered individual, and for other purposes.
TL;DR
Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) introduced a bill requiring the VA to disclose every time it uses AI to interact with veterans or their family members. If passed, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs would need to notify covered individuals when they're communicating with AI rather than a human at the VA.
How This Might Impact Your Business
Government contractors building AI tools for the VA (chatbots, claims processing AI, virtual assistants) would need to build in disclosure functionality before deployment.
Vendors already supplying AI to the VA (companies like Salesforce, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Palantir, and defense contractors) may need to retrofit systems to include AI disclosure notifications.
Applies specifically to the VA's interactions with veterans, dependents, and survivors, not to private-sector AI use.
No specific penalties or fines mentioned in the bill; compliance burden falls on the VA itself, which will pass requirements down through procurement contracts.
Currently sits in the House Veterans' Affairs Committee with no hearing scheduled, meaning implementation is likely 12+ months away even if it advances.
Sets a precedent that could expand to other federal agencies (HHS, SSA, IRS) using AI in citizen interactions, so vendors serving multiple agencies should watch this closely.
Healthcare AI vendors serving VA hospitals would need disclosure protocols for patient-facing AI tools like diagnostic assistants or scheduling bots.
What Should You Do
If you sell AI products or services to the VA, ask your product team whether current tools can flag AI-generated interactions to end users, and estimate retrofit costs.
Federal contractors should review upcoming VA solicitations for new AI disclosure clauses and factor compliance into bid pricing.
Legal and compliance teams at GovTech firms should draft template AI disclosure language now, since similar requirements are likely coming to other agencies.
Track this bill through the House Veterans' Affairs Committee; sign up for committee alerts to catch markup scheduling.
If you operate healthcare AI at VA facilities, brief clinical and IT leaders on possible patient notification requirements.
Who It Affects
Sponsors
Status Timeline
committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
September 16, 2026