I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5966 
To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2018 
Mr. KEATING (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. COFFMAN) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To improve the provision of health care for women veterans 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Women Veterans Ac-
cess to Quality Care Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF STRUCTURAL STANDARDS TO 
MEET 
GENDER-SPECIFIC 
HEALTH 
CARE 
NEEDS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES OF DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall establish standards to ensure that all 
medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs have the structural characteristics necessary to 
adequately meet the gender-specific health care 
needs of veterans at such facilities, including pri-
vacy, safety, and dignity. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall prescribe regulations to carry out para-
graph (1). 
(b) INTEGRATION INTO PRIORITIZATION METHOD-
OLOGY.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall integrate the 
standards established under subsection (a)(1) into the 
prioritization methodology used by the Department under 
paragraph (5) of section 8104(b) of title 38, United States 
Code, with respect to requests for the funding of major 
medical facility projects and major medical facility leases 
under such section. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report on the standards established 
under subsection (a)(1) that includes the following: 
(1) A list of the medical facilities of the Depart-
ment that fail to meet such standards. 
(2) The minimum total cost of the projects or 
leases that would be required to ensure that all med-
ical facilities of the Department meet such stand-
ards. 
(3) The number of such projects or leases that 
qualify as a major medical facility project or major 
medical facility lease under section 8104(a)(3). 
(4) Where each such project or lease is located 
in the current project prioritization of the Depart-
ment. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES FOR ENVIRONMENT 
OF CARE INSPECTIONS AT MEDICAL CEN-
TERS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— 
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