,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjai,ms4  
,underwood introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs to submit to         
,congress certain reports relating to   
the health care and treatment provided  
by the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs
 to women veterans1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,caring ,for ,our   
,women ,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,report on  
locations where women veterans are using
 health care from ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,in general ,not
 later than #ij days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 and annually
 thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs 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 use by 
women veterans of health care from the  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7b7 
,elements ,each report required by      
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following information3 7#a7 ,the number 
of women veterans who reside in each    
,state4  7#b7 ,the number of women      
veterans in each ,state who are enrolled
 in the system of patient enrollment of 
the ,department established and operated
 under section #agje7;a7 of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,of the    
women veterans who are so enrolled1 the 
number who have received health care    
under the laws administered by the      
,secretary at least one time during the 
one-year period preceding the submittal 
of the report4  7#d7 ,the number of     
women veterans who have been seen at    
each medical facility of the ,department
 during such year4  7#e7 ,the number of 
appointments that women veterans have   
had at each such facility during such   
year4  7#f7 ,if known1 an identification

 of the medical facility of the         
,department in each ,veterans           
,integrated ,service ,network with the  
largest rate of increase in patient     
population of women veterans as measured
 by the increase in unique women veteran
 patient use4  7#g7 ,if known1 an       
identification of the medical facility  
of the ,department in each ,veterans    
,integrated ,service ,network with the  
largest rate of decrease in patient     
population of women veterans as measured
 by the decrease in unique women        
veterans patient use4  #c4 ,report on   
models of medical facilities of         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs for   
the treatment of women  7a7 ,in general 
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 and      
annually thereafter1 the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs 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 use by 

the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs of
 general primary care clinics1 separate 
but shared spaces1 and women's health   
centers as models of providing health   
care to women veterans4  7b7 ,elements  
,each report required by subsection 7a7 
shall include the following3 7#a7 ,the  
number of facilities of the ,department 
that fall into each model described in  
subsection 7a71 disaggregated by        
,veterans ,integrated ,service ,network 
and ,state4  7#b7 ,a description of the 
criteria used by the ,department to     
determine which such model is most      
appropriate for each facility of the    
,department4  7#c7 ,an assessment of how
 the ,department decides to make        
investments to upgrade facilities to the
 next higher-level model4  7#d7 ,a      
description of what1 if any1 plans the  
,department has to upgrade facilities   
from the lowest-level model1 general    
primary care clinics1 to another model4 
7#e7 ,an assessment of whether any      
facilities could be upgraded to the next

 higher-level model within planned      
investments under the strategic capital 
investment planning process of the      
,department4  7#f7 ,an assessment of    
whether any facilities could be upgraded
 to the next higher-level model with    
minor modifications to existing plans   
under the strategic capital investment  
planning process of the ,department4    
7#g7 ,an assessment of whether the      
,department has a goal for how many     
facilities should fall into each such   
model4  #d4 ,report on staffing of      
,department of ,veterans relating to the
 treatment of women  7a7 ,in general    
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 and      
annually thereafter1 the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs 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        
staffing of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs relating to the treatment of  

women4  7b7 ,elements ,each report      
required by subsection 7a7 shall include
 the following1 disaggregated by        
,veterans ,integrated ,service ,network 
and ,state 7except with respect to      
paragraph 7#d773  7#a7 ,the number of   
women's health centers4  7#b7 ,the      
number of patient aligned care teams of 
the ,department relating to women's     
health4  7#c7 ,the number of full- and  
part-time gynecologists of the          
,department4  7#d7 ,the number of       
designated women's health care providers
 of the ,department1 disaggregated by   
facility of the ,department4  7#e7 ,the 
number of health care providers of the  
,department who have completed a        
mini-residency for women's health care  
through ,women ,veterans ,health ,care  
,mini-,residency ,program of the        
,department during the one-year period  
preceding the submittal of the report1  
and the number that plan to participate 
in such a mini-residency during the     
one-year period following such date4    

7#f7 ,the number of designated women's  
health care providers of the ,department
 who have sufficient female patients to 
retain their competencies and           
proficiencies4