HR 9862
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for the conduct of an independent evaluation of artificial intelligence systems in use by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
TL;DR
Rep. Gregory Murphy (R-NC) wants the VA to hire an independent research center to evaluate all AI systems currently used by the Veterans Health Administration, things like diagnostic tools, scheduling algorithms, and clinical decision support. It's a study bill: no new rules for private companies, just a government checkup on how the VA uses AI in veteran healthcare.
How This Might Impact Your Business
Healthcare AI vendors selling to the VA (diagnostic imaging, clinical decision support, patient scheduling tools) could face scrutiny of their algorithms during this evaluation.
Companies with existing VA contracts may need to cooperate with the federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) conducting the review.
No direct compliance requirements or penalties for private businesses; this is an internal government evaluation.
Results could shape future VA procurement standards for AI, affecting how vendors pitch and price AI products to the VA.
Findings may influence broader federal healthcare AI purchasing at CMS, DoD Health, and IHS if the VA identifies best practices or red flags.
Bill is at the earliest stage (referred to House Veterans' Affairs Committee); no hearing scheduled yet.
No specified deadline, funding amount, or penalty structure in the current text.
What Should You Do
If you sell AI to the VA, prepare documentation on model performance, bias testing, and clinical validation now; an FFRDC review would likely request it.
Assign someone on your government affairs or federal sales team to track this bill through the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Healthcare AI vendors should benchmark their evaluation practices against NIST AI RMF and FDA guidance, since an FFRDC review will likely use those frameworks.
Brief your product and clinical teams that federal AI evaluations are trending; expect similar scrutiny from CMS and DoD.
Monitor which FFRDC gets the contract (likely MITRE or RAND) as their prior work signals evaluation methodology.
Who It Affects
Sponsors
Status Timeline
committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
July 22, 2026