#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #bidb  ,,an ,,act  ,to direct the   
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to     
carry out the ,women's ,health          
,transition ,training pilot program     
through at least fiscal year #bjbj1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,helping 
,expand and ,launch ,transitional       
,health for ,women ,veterans ,act or    
,,health ,act4  #b4 ,encouragement of   
participation in ,women's ,health       
,transition ,training pilot program  7a7
 ,duration ,the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs shall carry out the ,women's   
,health ,transition ,training pilot     
program 7in this section referred to as 
the pilot program7 until at least       
,september #cj1 #bjbj4  7b7 ,report ,not
 later than ,september #cj1 #bjbj1 the  
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
jointly submit to the appropriate       
congressional committees a report on the
 pilot program that includes the        

following3 7#a7 ,for the period since   
the commencement of the pilot program-- 
7,a7 the number of women members by     
military department 7with respect to    
,department of the ,navy1 separately for
 the ,navy and ,marine ,corps7 who      
participated in the pilot program2  7,b7
 the number of courses held under the   
pilot program2 and  7,c7 the locations  
at which such courses were held1 and the
 number of seats available and the      
number of participants at each such     
location4  7#b7 ,with respect to the    
number of members who participated in   
the pilot program as specified under    
paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 the number who   
enrolled in the health care system      
established under section #agje7;a7 of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code2 and   
7,b7 the number who attended at least   
one health care appointment at a medical
 facility of the ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs4  7#c7 ,data relating
 to-- 7,a7 satisfaction with courses    
held under the pilot program2  7,b7     

improved awareness of health care       
services administered by the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs2 and  7,c7 any    
other available statistics regarding the
 pilot program4  7#d7 ,a discussion of  
regulatory1 legal1 or resource barriers 
to-- 7,a7 making the pilot program      
permanent to enable access by a greater 
number of women members at locations    
throughout the ,united ,states2  7,b7   
offering the pilot program online for   
women members who are unable to attend  
courses held under the pilot program in 
person2 and  7,c7 the feasibility of    
automatically enrolling pilot program   
participants in the health care system  
established under section #agje7;a7 of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7  
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means the ,committees on ,veterans'     
,affairs and the ,committees on ,armed  
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,senate4       

,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,july #bc1 #bjai4;,clerk4