[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2521 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2521


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 5, 2022

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the 
 feasibility and advisability of furnishing doula services to certain 
                   veterans, 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 ``Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor 
Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2022'' or the ``DOULA for VA Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY STUDY ON DOULA SUPPORT FOR 
              VETERANS.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a 
study on the feasibility and advisability of furnishing doula services 
to covered vetearns. Such study shall include an analysis of--
            (1) measures taken by other Federal, State, and local 
        entities to ensure the appropriate certification of doulas; and
            (2) the extent to which such measures, or similar measures, 
        may be adequate for purposes of such furnishment.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
report on the findings of the study under subsection (a) that shall 
include a determination by the Secretary as to whether furnishing doula 
services to covered veterans is feasible and advisable.
    (c) Covered Veteran Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
veteran'' means a pregnant veteran or a formerly pregnant veteran (with 
respect to doula services to be furnished post-partum) who is enrolled 
in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 2022.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.