(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Facilitation of reproduction and infertility research. 
Sec. 3. Clarification that fertility counseling and treatment are medical services 
which the Secretary may furnish to veterans like other medical 
services. 
Sec. 4. Reproductive treatment and care delivery for spouses and surrogates of 
veterans. 
Sec. 5. Requirement to improve Department of Veterans Affairs women vet-
erans call center. 
Sec. 6. Modification of pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for 
women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 7. Pilot programs on assistance for child care for certain veterans. 
SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF REPRODUCTION AND INFER-
TILITY RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7330B. Facilitation of reproduction and infertility 
research 
‘‘(a) FACILITATION OF RESEARCH REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary shall facilitate research conducted collabo-
ratively by the Secretary of Defense and the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health to improve the ability 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs to meet the long- 
term reproductive health care needs of veterans who have 
a service-connected genitourinary disability or a condition 
that was incurred or aggravated in line of duty in the ac-
tive military, naval, or air service, such as spinal cord in-
jury, that affects the veterans’ ability to reproduce. 
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‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that information produced by the re-
search facilitated under this section that may be useful 
for other activities of the Veterans Health Administration 
is disseminated throughout the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 73 is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 7330A the following new 
item: 
‘‘7330B. Facilitation of reproduction and infertility research.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than three years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the re-
search activities conducted by the Secretary under section 
7330B of title 38, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION THAT FERTILITY COUNSELING AND 
TREATMENT ARE MEDICAL SERVICES WHICH 
THE SECRETARY MAY FURNISH TO VET-
ERANS LIKE OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES. 
Section 1701(6) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) Fertility counseling and treatment, 
including treatment using assisted reproductive 
technology.’’. 
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SEC. 4. REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT AND CARE DELIVERY 
FOR SPOUSES AND SURROGATES OF VET-
ERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1787. Reproductive treatment and care for spouses 
and surrogates of veterans 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall furnish fer-
tility counseling and treatment, including through the use 
of assisted reproductive technology, to a spouse or surro-
gate of a severely wounded veteran who has an infertility 
condition incurred or aggravated in line of duty in the ac-
tive military, naval, or air service and who is enrolled in 
the health care system established under section 1705(a) 
of this title if the spouse and the veteran apply jointly 
for such counseling and treatment through a process pre-
scribed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION OF CARE FOR OTHER SPOUSES 
AND SURROGATES.—In the case of a spouse or surrogate 
of a veteran not described in subsection (a) who is seeking 
fertility counseling and treatment, the Secretary may co-
ordinate fertility counseling and treatment for such spouse 
or surrogate.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended 
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by inserting after the item relating to section 1786 the 
following new section: 
‘‘1787. Reproductive treatment and care for spouses and surrogates of vet-
erans.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall prescribe regulations to carry out sec-
tion 1787 of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
paragraph (1). 
SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT TO IMPROVE DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS WOMEN VETERANS CALL 
CENTER. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall enhance the 
capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs women 
veterans call center— 
(1) to respond to requests by women veterans 
for assistance with accessing health care and bene-
fits furnished under laws administered by the Sec-
retary; and 
(2) for referral of such veterans to community 
resources to obtain assistance with services not fur-
nished by the Department. 
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SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON COUN-
SELING IN RETREAT SETTINGS FOR WOMEN 
VETERANS NEWLY SEPARATED FROM SERV-
ICE IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF LOCATIONS.—Sub-
section (c) of section 203 of the Caregivers and Veterans 
Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 
163; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking ‘‘three 
locations’’ and inserting ‘‘14 locations’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF DURATION.—Subsection (d) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘four-year’’. 
SEC. 7. PILOT PROGRAMS ON ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD 
CARE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF DURATION OF PILOT PRO-
GRAM ON ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD CARE FOR CERTAIN 
VETERANS RECEIVING HEALTH CARE.—Subsection (e) of 
section 205 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus 
Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 38 
U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) DURATION.—A child care center that is estab-
lished as part of the pilot program may operate until the 
date that is two years after the date on which the pilot 
program is established in the third Veterans Integrated 
Service Network required by subsection (d).’’. 
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