(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘To a vet-
eran’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or (B) who is eligible
for counseling under section 1720D of this title,
for the purposes of such counseling’’ before the
period at the end; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘, (B)’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘or (B)’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘, or (C)’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘such counseling’’.
(e) PROGRAM REVISION.—(1) Section 1720D of title
38, United States Code, is further amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘woman’’ in subsection
(a)(1);
(B) by striking out ‘‘women’’ in subsection
(b)(2)(C) and in the first sentence of subsection (c),
as redesignated by subsection (c); and
(C) by striking out ‘‘women’’ in subsection
(c)(2), as so redesignated, and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘individuals’’.
(2)(A) The heading of such section is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘§ 1720D. Counseling for sexual trauma’’.
(B) The item relating to such section in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘1720D. Counseling for sexual trauma.’’.
(f) INFORMATION
ON
COUNSELING
BY
TELE-
PHONE.—(1) Paragraph (1) of section 1720D(c) of title
38, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (c)
of this section, is amended by striking out ‘‘may’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’.
(2) In providing information on counseling available
to veterans through the information system required
under section 1720D(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code
(as amended by this section), the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall ensure—
(A) that the telephone system described in such
section is operated by Department of Veterans Af-
fairs personnel who are trained in the provision to
persons who have experienced sexual trauma of in-
formation about the care and services relating to
sexual trauma that are available to veterans in the
communities in which such veterans reside, including
care and services available under programs of the
Department (including the care and services avail-
able under section 1720D of such title) and from
non-Department agencies or organizations;
(B) that such personnel are provided with infor-
mation on the care and services relating to sexual
trauma that are available to veterans and the loca-
tions in which such care and services are available;
(C) that such personnel refer veterans seeking
such care and services to appropriate providers of
such care and services (including care and services
that are available in the communities in which such
veterans reside);
(D) that the telephone system is operated in a
manner that protects the confidentiality of persons
who place telephone calls to the system; and
(E) that the telephone system operates at all
times.
(3) The Secretary shall ensure that information about
the availability of the telephone system is visibly posted
in Department medical facilities and is advertised through
public service announcements, pamphlets, and other
means.
(4) Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the operation of the telephone system
required under section 1720D(c)(1) of title 38, United
States Code (as so amended). The report shall set forth
the following:
(A) The number of telephone calls placed to the
system during the period covered by the report, with
a separate display of (i) the number of calls placed
to the system from each State (as such term is de-
fined in section 101(20) of title 38, United States
Code) during that period, and (ii) the number of
persons who placed more than one call to the system
during that period.
(B) The types of sexual trauma described to
personnel operating the system by persons placing
calls to the system.
(C) A description of the difficulties, if any, ex-
perienced by persons placing calls to the system in
obtaining care and services for sexual trauma in the
communities in which such persons live, including
care and services available from the Department and
from non-Department agencies and organizations.
(D) A description of the training provided to
the personnel operating the system.
(E) The recommendations and plans of the Sec-
retary for the improvement of the system.
(5) The Secretary shall commence operation of the
telephone system required under section 1720D(c)(1) of
title 38, United States Code (as so amended), not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2. REPORT RELATING TO DETERMINATIONS OF SERV-
ICE CONNECTION FOR SEXUAL TRAUMA.
(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of
the Senate and House of Representatives a report contain-
ing the Secretary’s assessment of—
(1) the difficulties that veterans encounter in
obtaining from the Department of Veterans Affairs
determinations that disabilities relating to sexual
trauma resulting from events that occurred during
active duty are service-connected disabilities; and
(2) the extent to which Department personnel
fail to make determinations that such disabilities are
service-connected disabilities.
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in the report the Secretary’s recommendations for
actions to be taken to respond in a fair manner to the
difficulties described in the report and to eliminate failures
to make determinations that such disabilities are service-
connected disabilities.
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sexual
trauma’’ means the immediate and long-term physical or
psychological trauma resulting from rape, sexual assault,
aggravated sexual abuse (as such term is described in sec-
tion 2241 of title 18, United States Code), sexual harass-
ment, or other act of sexual violence.
(d) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—The report required
by this section shall be submitted not later than June 30,
1994.
SEC. 3. COORDINATORS OF WOMEN’S SERVICES.
(a) REQUIREMENT OF FULL-TIME SERVICE.—Sec-
tion 108 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 (Public
Law 102–585; 106 Stat. 4948; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) Each official who serves in the position of coordi-
nator of women’s services under subsection (a) shall so
serve on a full-time basis.’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subsection (a)
of such section (as designated by subsection (a) of this
section) is further amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the follow-
ing new paragraph (5):
‘‘(5) 
Facilitating 
communication 
between
women veterans coordinators under the jurisdiction
of such regional coordinator and the Under Sec-
retary for Health and the Secretary.’’.