HR 809
112th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Women's health
Women's rights
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs a Women Veterans Bill of Rights.
Introduced: February 18, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 18, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 18, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the Women Veterans Bill of Rights is displayed prominently in each VA facility and distributed widely to such veterans.
Enumerates health care rights to be included in the Bill of Rights, including the right to: (1) coordinated, comprehensive, primary women's health care at every VA medical facility; (2) treatment by clinicians with specific training and experience in women's health issues; and (3) gender equity in access to and the provision of clinical health care services.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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