Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 16, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) report on barriers to the receipt of comprehensive health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) encountered by women veterans, especially those of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; (2) provide for an independent study on health consequences for women veterans serving on active duty in deployments in such Operations; and (3) report on the employment of full-time managers for women veterans programs at VA medical centers.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan to improve the provision of VA health care services to women veterans; (2) carry out a program of education, training, certification, and continuing medical education for mental health professionals providing care for veterans suffering from sexual trauma; (3) carry out a pilot program of providing reintegration and readjustment services in group retreat settings to women veterans recently separated from service after a prolonged deployment; and (4) carry out a pilot program on subsidies for child care for certain women veterans receiving health care from VA facilities.
Requires women veterans recently separated from service to be included on the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans and the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans.
Authorizes the Secretary to furnish care to a newborn child of a woman veteran receiving VA maternity care for up to seven days after the birth of the child.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2009 to Jun 23, 2009; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Mar 16, 2009 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | May 5, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | May 12, 2009 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | May 19, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | May 20, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Jun 23, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 16, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Mar 16, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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. 111-205 | VA HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR WOMEN VETERANS: BRIDGING THE GAPS IN CARE118 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 14, 2009 |
| S. Hrg. 111-76 | HEARING ON PENDING HEALTH-RELATED LEGISLATION175 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 22, 2009 |
| S. Hrg. 111-408 | NOMINATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE113 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Feb 12, 2009 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 252 | Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009 | Related bill | Jul 24, 2009 |
| S 1963 | Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 | Related bill | May 5, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Advisory bodies
- Afghanistan
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Asia
- Child care and development
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government studies and investigations
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Iraq
- Licensing and registrations
- Medical education
- Mental health
- Middle East
- Military operations and strategy
- Minority health
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex offenses
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' medical care
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2009Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
