3.0.0 597 2023-01-11T13:19:44Z 2023-01-11T13:19:44Z Senate S S 2009-03-16 111 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-16T20:26:36Z Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009 111 252 S 2009-07-24 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 128. Related bill CRS Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 111 1963 S 2010-05-05 Became Public Law No: 111-163. Related bill CRS 2009-03-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2009-03-16 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2009-03-16 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2009-03-16 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-03-16 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2009-03-16 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-03-16 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-03-16 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-03-16 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-03-16 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-03-16 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-03-16 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-03-16 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-03-16 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-04-21 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-04-21 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-05-05 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-05-12 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-05-19 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-05-20 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-06-23 False Armed Forces and National Security Advisory bodies Afghanistan 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 Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-30T18:06:31Z 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 Display Title Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s597is/xml/BILLS-111s597is.xml 2009-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.