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H.R. 3558 · 115th Congress

Improve Access to Care for Our Female Veterans Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

SBR BrooksSponsor
12 cosponsors · 8 D, 4 R
SMD Murphy PDD DeFazio RDR Davis RKD Khanna RCR Costello ZLD Lofgren PAD Aguilar JFR Faso MTD Thompson BMR Mast JDD Delaney JMD McGovern

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill instructs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to strengthen the environment and oversight of the care inspections process by:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 28, 2017

Improve Access to Care for Our Female Veterans Act

This bill instructs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to strengthen the environment and oversight of the care inspections process by:

  • expanding the list of requirements that facility staff inspect for compliance with the women's health handbook of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
  • ensuring that all patient care areas of VA medical facilities are inspected as required,
  • clarifying the roles and responsibilities of VA medical facility staff responsible for identifying and addressing compliance, and
  • establishing a process to verify that the noncompliance information reported by such facilities to the VHA central office is accurate and complete.

To improve care for women veterans, the VA shall monitor women veterans' access to sex-specific care services (mammography, maternity care, and gynecology) under community care contracts.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Improve Access to Care for Our Female Veterans Act

Latest action (Jul 28, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 28, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.