[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2942 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2942


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2019

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the Women's 
 Health Transition Training pilot program through at least fiscal year 
                     2020, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Expand and Launch 
Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act'' or ``HEALTH Act''.

SEC. 2. ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN WOMEN'S HEALTH TRANSITION 
              TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Duration.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out 
the Women's Health Transition Training pilot program (in this section 
referred to as the ``pilot program'') until at least September 30, 
2020.
    (b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2020, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the pilot program 
that includes the following:
            (1) For the period since the commencement of the pilot 
        program--
                    (A) the number of women members by military 
                department (with respect to Department of the Navy, 
                separately for the Navy and Marine Corps) who 
                participated in the pilot program;
                    (B) the number of courses held under the pilot 
                program; and
                    (C) the locations at which such courses were held, 
                and the number of seats available and the number of 
                participants at each such location.
            (2) With respect to the number of members who participated 
        in the pilot program as specified under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) the number who enrolled in the health care 
                system established under section 1705(a) of title 38, 
                United States Code; and
                    (B) the number who attended at least one health 
                care appointment at a medical facility of the 
                Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (3) Data relating to--
                    (A) satisfaction with courses held under the pilot 
                program;
                    (B) improved awareness of health care services 
                administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
                    (C) any other available statistics regarding the 
                pilot program.
            (4) A discussion of regulatory, legal, or resource barriers 
        to--
                    (A) making the pilot program permanent to enable 
                access by a greater number of women members at 
                locations throughout the United States;
                    (B) offering the pilot program online for women 
                members who are unable to attend courses held under the 
                pilot program in person; and
                    (C) the feasibility of automatically enrolling 
                pilot program participants in the health care system 
                established under section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
                States Code.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committees 
on Veterans' Affairs and the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.