,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ebh  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#dccd  ,report ,no4 #aae-fhe  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,november #i1 #bjag ,mr4 ,correa 7for   
himself1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 
,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mrs4 
,torres1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1   
,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1  
,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,gene ,green of   
,texas1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn   
,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4        
,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1   
,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4  
,gallego1 ,ms4 ,hanabusa1 ,mr4          
,peterson1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 ,mr4      
,gomez1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,walz1 ,ms4  
,titus1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1    
,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,carson of         
,indiana1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 and ,mr4     
,evans7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,may #ah1          
#bjah;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,cohen1
 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,coffman1 ,mr4     

,krishnamoorthi1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new   
,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 and ,mr4      
,thompson of ,california  ,may #ah1     
#bjah ,committed to the ,committee of   
the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the  
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to provide for certain         
reporting requirements relating to      
medical care for women veterans provided
 by the ,department of ,veterans        
,affairs and through contracts entered  
into by the ,secretary of ,veterans     
,affairs with non-,department medical   
providers1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,improving ,oversight of ,women     
,veterans' ,care ,act of #bjag4  #b4    
,annual report on veteran access to     
covered sex-specific services under     
community care contracts  7a7 ,annual   
report ,the ,under ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs shall submit to the  
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives an annual report on the

 access of women veterans to covered    
sex-specific medical care under         
contracts with non-,department medical  
providers entered into by the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs for the provision
 of hospital care or medical services to
 veterans eligible for enrollment in the
 patient enrollment system of the       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
maintained under section #agje of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code4 ,such report
 shall include data and performance     
measures for the availability of covered
 sex-specific medical care1 including-- 
7#a7 the average wait time between the  
veteran's preferred appointment date and
 the date on which the appointment is   
completed2  7#b7 driving time required  
for veterans to attend appointments2 and
  7#c7 reasons why appointments could   
not be scheduled with non-,department   
medical providers4  7b7 ,covered        
sex-,specific medical care ,in this     
section1 the term covered sex-specific  
medical care means mammography1         

maternity care1 and gynecological care4 
#c4 ,reporting on ,veterans ,health     
,administration environment of care     
standards for women veterans  7a7       
,medical facility reporting ,each       
medical facility of the ,department     
shall submit to the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs a quarterly report on
 the compliance and noncompliance of the
 facility with the environment of care  
standards for women veterans4 ,each such
 report shall include the name of each  
person associated with such facility who
 is responsible for such compliance and 
the specific role or responsibility     
assigned to each such person4  7b7      
,report to ,congress ,not later than    
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall submit to   
the ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs  
of the ,senate and the ,house of        
,representatives a report on the plan of
 the ,secretary to strengthen the       
environment of care standards for women 

veterans at ,department of ,veterans    
,affairs medical facilities4 ,such      
report shall include--  7#a7 a          
description of the process established  
to verify that noncompliance information
 reported under subsection 7a7 is       
accurate and complete2 and  7#b7 a      
description of the method by which the  
,secretary will-- 7,a7 ensure that all  
patient care areas of each ,department  
medical facility are inspected as       
required2 and  7,b7 expand the list of  
items that facility staff inspect for   
compliance to align with the women's    
health handbook of the ,veterans ,health
 ,administration4  7c7 ,environment of  
care standards for women veterans ,in   
this section1 the term environment of   
care standards for women veterans has   
the meaning given that term in ,veterans
 ,health ,administration ,directive     
#accj4ja7a74  ,may #ah1 #bjah ,committed
 to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house 
on the ,state of the ,union and ordered 
to be printed