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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2942 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2019 

Received 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Expand and 

3 Launch Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act’’ or 

4 ‘‘HEALTH Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN WOMEN’S 

6 HEALTH TRANSITION TRAINING PILOT PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) DURATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

9 shall carry out the Women’s Health Transition Training 

10 pilot program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pilot pro11 gram’’) until at least September 30, 2020. 

12 (b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2020, 

13 the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 

14 Affairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate congres15 sional committees a report on the pilot program that in16 cludes the following: 

17 (1) For the period since the commencement of 

18 the pilot program— 

19 (A) the number of women members by 

20 military department (with respect to Depart21 ment of the Navy, separately for the Navy and 

22 Marine Corps) who participated in the pilot 

23 program; 

24 (B) the number of courses held under the 

25 pilot program; and 


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1 (C) the locations at which such courses 

2 were held, and the number of seats available 

3 and the number of participants at each such lo4 cation. 

5 (2) With respect to the number of members 

6 who participated in the pilot program as specified 

7 under paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) the number who enrolled in the health 

9 care system established under section 1705(a) 

10 of title 38, United States Code; and 

11 (B) the number who attended at least one 

12 health care appointment at a medical facility of 

13 the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

14 (3) Data relating to— 

15 (A) satisfaction with courses held under 

16 the pilot program; 

17 (B) improved awareness of health care 

18 services administered by the Secretary of Vet19 erans Affairs; and 

20 (C) any other available statistics regarding 

21 the pilot program. 

22 (4) A discussion of regulatory, legal, or resource 

23 barriers to— 

24 (A) making the pilot program permanent 

25 to enable access by a greater number of women 


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1 members at locations throughout the United 

2 States; 

3 (B) offering the pilot program online for 

4 women members who are unable to attend 

5 courses held under the pilot program in person; 

6 and 

7 (C) the feasibility of automatically enroll8 ing pilot program participants in the health 

9 care system established under section 1705(a) 

10 of title 38, United States Code. 

11 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres13 sional committees’’ means the Committees on Veterans’ 

14 Affairs and the Committees on Armed Services of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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