1.Establishment of child-care
center pilot program
(a)Subject to the
availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary shall carry out
a pilot program establishing a child-care center described in subsection
(b).
(b)A child-care center described in this
subsection is a child-care center that—
(1)is made available
(to the extent space is available) to children of—
(A)veterans receiving
treatment or other services at the facility in which the child-care center is
located;
(B)employees of the
Department of Veterans Affairs;
(C)employees of a
contractor of the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(D)employees of
veterans service organizations; and
(E)members of the
Armed Forces on active duty whose duty station—
(i)is
in the same geographic area as the child-care center; and
(ii)does not have
child-care services made available to the member by the Secretary of Defense;
and
(2)is located at the
Bay Pines Medical Center, Bay Pines, Florida.
(c)Except as provided
in subsection (b), section 7809 of title 38, United States Code, shall apply to
the child-care center established under subsection (a).
(d)Not
later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a report
on the child-care center established under subsection (a), including—
(1)an assessment of
the success of the center;
(2)whether the center
improves the access of veterans to outpatient treatment;
(3)the number of
children that—
(A)the center is
capable of caring for each day; and
(B)the center cares
for each day on average; and
(4)any
recommendations regarding whether to expand the pilot program to other
locations.