A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes.
Actions Overview (1)
Date
03/21/2017
Introduced in Senate
03/21/2017 Introduced in Senate
All Actions (2)
Date
05/17/2017
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-299. Action By: Committee on Veterans' Affairs
03/21/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Action By: Senate
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This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of peer-to-peer assistance for women veterans (including those who are separating or newly separated from the Armed Forces), with emphasis placed on women who suffered service-related sexual trauma or who are at risk of becoming homeless.
Additionally, the VA shall:
expand the women veterans call center to include a text messaging capability;
establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services to women veterans based upon their 10 highest unmet needs;
retrofit VA medical facilities with fixtures, materials, and other outfitting measures to support the care of women veterans;
ensure that each VA medical facility has at least one full-time or part-time women's health primary care provider;
expand to 14 days VA post-delivery care services for women veterans who are receiving maternity care in a VA or VA-contracted facility;
ensure that the women veteran manager program is supported at each VA medical center with a program manager and an ombudsman;
collect, analyze, and publish data on each VA service or benefit program and disaggregate such data by sex and minority status; and
publish an Internet website that serves as a centralized information source for women veterans' benefits and services.
The bill makes funds available for: (1) primary care and emergency care clinicians' participation in the women veterans health care mini-residency program, and (2) organizations that focus on providing assistance to women veterans and their families.
The bill: (1) provides for reintegration and readjustment services to veterans and family members in group retreat settings, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress that the VA's motto should be more inclusive.
All Summaries (1)
Shown Here: Introduced in Senate (03/21/2017)
Deborah Sampson Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of peer-to-peer assistance for women veterans (including those who are separating or newly separated from the Armed Forces), with emphasis placed on women who suffered service-related sexual trauma or who are at risk of becoming homeless.
Additionally, the VA shall:
expand the women veterans call center to include a text messaging capability;
establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services to women veterans based upon their 10 highest unmet needs;
retrofit VA medical facilities with fixtures, materials, and other outfitting measures to support the care of women veterans;
ensure that each VA medical facility has at least one full-time or part-time women's health primary care provider;
expand to 14 days VA post-delivery care services for women veterans who are receiving maternity care in a VA or VA-contracted facility;
ensure that the women veteran manager program is supported at each VA medical center with a program manager and an ombudsman;
collect, analyze, and publish data on each VA service or benefit program and disaggregate such data by sex and minority status; and
publish an Internet website that serves as a centralized information source for women veterans' benefits and services.
The bill makes funds available for: (1) primary care and emergency care clinicians' participation in the women veterans health care mini-residency program, and (2) organizations that focus on providing assistance to women veterans and their families.
The bill: (1) provides for reintegration and readjustment services to veterans and family members in group retreat settings, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress that the VA's motto should be more inclusive.
