,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bh1 #bjai,mr4  
,rose of ,new ,york introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to improve the provision of 
health care to women veterans by the    
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,breaking ,barriers for ,women      
,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,women ,veterans   
,retrofit ,initiative  7a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall retrofit existing medical         
facilities of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs with fixtures1       
materials1 and other outfitting measures
 to support the provision of care to    
women veterans at such facilities4  7b7 
,plan ,not later than #ahj days after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary shall submit to the      
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the
 ,senate and the ,committee on          

,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives a plan to address      
deficiencies in environment of care for 
women veterans at medical facilities of 
the ,department4  7c7 ,authorization of 
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,secretary       
#bj1jjj1jjj to carry out subsection 7a7 
in addition to amounts otherwise made   
available to the ,secretary for the     
purposes set forth in such subsection4  
#c4 ,staffing of women's health primary 
care providers at medical facilities of 
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall ensure that each medical facility 
of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs
 has not fewer than one full-time or    
part-time women's health primary care   
provider whose duties include1 to the   
extent possible1 providing training to  
other health care providers of the      
,department on the needs of women       
veterans4  #d4 ,additional funding for  
primary care and emergency care         

clinicians in ,women ,veterans ,health  
,care ,mini-,residency ,program  7a7 ,in
 general ,there is authorized to be     
appropriated to the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs #a1jjj1jjj for each  
fiscal year for the ,women ,veterans    
,health ,care ,mini-,residency ,program 
of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs
 to provide opportunities for           
participation in such program for       
primary care and emergency care         
clinicians4  7b7 ,treatment of amounts  
,the amounts authorized to be           
appropriated under subsection 7a7 shall 
be in addition to amounts otherwise made
 available to the ,secretary for the    
purposes set forth in such subsection4  
#e4 ,establishment of women veteran     
training module for non-,department of  
,veterans ,affairs health care providers
  7a7 ,in general ,not later than one   
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs shall establish and make       
available to community providers a      

training module that is specific to     
women veterans4  7b7 ,community provider
 defined ,in this section1 the term     
community provider means a              
non-,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
health care provider who provides health
 care to veterans under the laws        
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs4  #f4 ,study on      
staffing of ,women ,veteran ,program    
,manager program at medical centers of  
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
and training of staff  7a7 ,study ,the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
conduct a study on the use of the ,women
 ,veteran ,program ,manager program of  
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs to
 determine--  7#a7 if the program is    
appropriately staffed at each medical   
center of the ,department2  7#b7 whether
 each medical center of the ,department 
is staffed with a ,women ,veteran       
,program ,manager2 and  7#c7 whether it 
would be feasible and advisable to have 
a ,women ,veteran ,program ,ombudsman at

 each medical center of the ,department4
  7b7 ,report ,not later than #bgj days 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary shall submit to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and the ,committee on       
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives a report on the study  
conducted under subsection 7a74  7c7    
,training ,the ,secretary shall ensure  
that all ,women ,veteran ,program       
,managers and ,women ,veteran ,program  
,ombudsmen receive the proper training  
to carry out their duties4