US Congress Senate Bill 597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-4)
Status: Introduced on March 16 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009

Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-AR]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB252 (Related) 2009-07-24 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 128.
SB1963 (Related) 2010-05-05 - Became Public Law No: 111-163.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/597/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s597/BILLS-111s597is.pdf