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HR 3558 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cancer Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Medical tests and diagnostic methods Veterans' medical care Women's health

Improve Access to Care for Our Female Veterans Act

Introduced: March 5, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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Improve Access to Care for Our Female Veterans Act

This bill instructs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to strengthen the environment and oversight of the care inspections process by:

  • expanding the list of requirements that facility staff inspect for compliance with the women's health handbook of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
  • ensuring that all patient care areas of VA medical facilities are inspected as required,
  • clarifying the roles and responsibilities of VA medical facility staff responsible for identifying and addressing compliance, and
  • establishing a process to verify that the noncompliance information reported by such facilities to the VHA central office is accurate and complete.

To improve care for women veterans, the VA shall monitor women veterans' access to sex-specific care services (mammography, maternity care, and gynecology) under community care contracts.

What's happening now July 28, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3874 Related bill Accountability for Quality VA Healthcare Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 1
Delaney, John
· Nov 15, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 15, 2018
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Sep 6, 2018
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 7, 2018
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Mar 5, 2018
Faso, John
· Mar 5, 2018
Costello, Ryan
· Feb 6, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 6, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Dec 7, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3558: Improve Access to Care for Our Female Veterans Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3558/
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