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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3636 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress certain 
reports relating to the health care and treatment provided by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2019 
Ms. UNDERWOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 
Congress certain reports relating to the health care and 
treatment provided by the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs to women veterans, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caring For Our 
Women Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON LOCATIONS WHERE WOMEN VETERANS 
ARE USING HEALTH CARE FROM DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the use by women veterans of health care 
from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following information: 
(1) The number of women veterans who reside 
in each State. 
(2) The number of women veterans in each 
State who are enrolled in the system of patient en-
rollment of the Department established and operated 
under section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(3) Of the women veterans who are so enrolled, 
the number who have received health care under the 
laws administered by the Secretary at least one time 
during the one-year period preceding the submittal 
of the report. 
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(6) An assessment of whether any facilities 
could be upgraded to the next higher-level model 
with minor modifications to existing plans under the 
strategic capital investment planning process of the 
Department. 
(7) An assessment of whether the Department 
has a goal for how many facilities should fall into 
each such model. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON STAFFING OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF 
WOMEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the staffing of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs relating to the treatment of women. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following, disaggregated by Veterans 
Integrated Service Network and State (except with respect 
to paragraph (4)): 
(1) The number of women’s health centers. 
(2) The number of patient aligned care teams 
of the Department relating to women’s health. 
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(3) The number of full- and part-time gyne-
cologists of the Department. 
(4) The number of designated women’s health 
care providers of the Department, disaggregated by 
facility of the Department. 
(5) The number of health care providers of the 
Department who have completed a mini-residency 
for women’s health care through Women Veterans 
Health Care Mini-Residency Program of the Depart-
ment during the one-year period preceding the sub-
mittal of the report, and the number that plan to 
participate in such a mini-residency during the one- 
year period following such date. 
(6) The number of designated women’s health 
care providers of the Department who have suffi-
cient female patients to retain their competencies 
and proficiencies. 
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