Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act
Latest action · Dec 5, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) conduct a long-term epidemiological study on the health of women veterans who served on active duty in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; (2) assess barriers encountered by women veterans to the provision by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of comprehensive health care; (3) assess all health care services and programs provided by the VA for women veterans; (4) provide training for mental health professionals who provide counseling to women veterans suffering from sexual trauma; (5) develop a plan for the identification, development, and dissemination of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other conditions attributable to combat or sexual trauma that are proven effective for women veterans; (6) conduct a study of the provision of readjustment counseling and related mental health services for women veterans at vet centers; (7) carry out a pilot program for child care for certain women veterans receiving health care from VA facilities; and (8) carry out a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of providing counseling and transition adjustment assistance for women veterans who are newly separated from active duty service.
Requires women veterans recently separated from active duty service to be included on the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2007 to Sep 29, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Original | Nov 7, 2007 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Nov 14, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Dec 5, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Dec 13, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 4, 2008 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 22, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| R-MO | Kenny C. Hulshof | Sep 24, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Sep 29, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 7, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 9, 2007 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Nov 7, 2007 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Dec 5, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Nov 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 7, 2007Introduced in House
- Nov 7, 2007Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4180 | Bob Filner D-CA | May 20, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-690 | HEARING ON PENDING HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION149 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | May 21, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-84 | WOMEN, RURAL, AND SPECIAL NEEDS VETERANS68 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 21, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-63 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2790, H.R. 3458, H.R. 3819, H.R. 4053, H.R. 4107, H.R. 4146, H.R. 4204, AND H.R. 423178 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jan 17, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Access to health care
- Afghanistan
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Comprehensive health care
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Counseling
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Day care
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse treatment
- Education
- Employee training
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health promotion
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Homeless
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Labor and Employment
- Marriage counseling
- Maternal health services
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Mental health
- Mental health services
- Mental illness
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military occupation
- Military operations
- Minorities
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Preventive medicine
- Psychotherapy
- Quality of care
- Rape
- Reproduction
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- South Asia
- Trauma care
- Veterans' medical care
- Women
- Women veterans
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2007Introduced in House
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