SEC. 102. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN’S 
HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall conduct a comprehensive assessment of all health 
care services and programs provided by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for the health care needs of women 
veterans. Such comprehensive assessment shall include as-
sessments of specialized programs for women with post- 
traumatic stress disorder, for women who are homeless, 
for women who require care for substance abuse or mental 
illnesses, and for women who require obstetric and 
gynecologic care. 
(b) SPECIFIC MATTERS STUDIED.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION OF PROGRAMS.—For each 
medical facility of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall identify 
each of the following types of programs for women 
veterans provided by the Department and determine 
whether effective health care services, including evi-
denced-based health care services, are readily avail-
able to and easily accessed by women veterans: 
(A) Health promotion programs, including 
reproductive health promotion programs. 
(B) Disease prevention programs. 
(C) Health care programs. 
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(2) IDENTIFICATION OF RELEVANT ISSUES.—In 
making such determination, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall identify, for each medical facility 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs— 
(A) the frequency with which such services 
are available and provided, 
(B) the demographics of the women vet-
erans population, 
(C) the sites where such services are avail-
able and provided, and 
(D) whether, and to what extent, waiting 
lists, geographic distance, and other factors ob-
struct the receipt of any of such services at any 
such site. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT.—The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall enter into a contract 
with a qualified independent entity or organization to 
carry out the studies and research required under this sec-
tion. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO IMPROVE SERV-
ICES.— 
(1) PLAN
REQUIRED.—After conducting the 
comprehensive assessment required by subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop 
a plan to improve the provision of health care serv-
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ices to women veterans and to project the future 
health care needs, including the mental health care 
needs of women serving in the combat theaters of 
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi 
Freedom. 
(2) LIST OF SERVICES.—In developing the plan 
under this subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall list the types of services available for 
women veterans at each medical center of the De-
partment. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the assess-
ment conducted pursuant to subsection (a) and the plan 
required under subsection (d). The report shall include 
recommendations for such administrative and legislative 
action as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to 
be appropriate. 
(f) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs sub-
mits the report required under subsection (e), the Comp-
troller General shall submit to Congress a report con-
taining the findings of the Comptroller General with re-
spect to the report of the Secretary, which may include 
such recommendations for administrative or legislative ac-
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