II 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Expand and 
Launch Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act’’ or 
‘‘HEALTH Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN WOMEN’S 
HEALTH TRANSITION TRAINING PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) DURATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall carry out the Women’s Health Transition Training 
pilot program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pilot pro-
gram’’) until at least September 30, 2020. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2020, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the pilot program that in-
cludes the following: 
(1) For the period since the commencement of 
the pilot program— 
(A) the number of women members by 
military department (with respect to Depart-
ment of the Navy, separately for the Navy and 
Marine Corps) who participated in the pilot 
program; 
(B) the number of courses held under the 
pilot program; and 
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(C) the locations at which such courses 
were held, and the number of seats available 
and the number of participants at each such lo-
cation. 
(2) With respect to the number of members 
who participated in the pilot program as specified 
under paragraph (1)— 
(A) the number who enrolled in the health 
care system established under section 1705(a) 
of title 38, United States Code; and 
(B) the number who attended at least one 
health care appointment at a medical facility of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(3) Data relating to— 
(A) satisfaction with courses held under 
the pilot program; 
(B) improved awareness of health care 
services administered by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs; and 
(C) any other available statistics regarding 
the pilot program. 
(4) A discussion of regulatory, legal, or resource 
barriers to— 
(A) making the pilot program permanent 
to enable access by a greater number of women 
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members at locations throughout the United 
States; 
(B) offering the pilot program online for 
women members who are unable to attend 
courses held under the pilot program in person; 
and 
(C) the feasibility of automatically enroll-
ing pilot program participants in the health 
care system established under section 1705(a) 
of title 38, United States Code. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Veterans’ 
Affairs and the Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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