,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjai ,mr4
 ,correa 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1  
,ms4 ,wild1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,thompson
 of ,california1 ,mr4 ,carson of        
,indiana1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4         
,o',halleran1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4         
,peterson1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,ms4 
,moore1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,escobar1   
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln 
of ,puerto ,rico1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 and 
,mr4 ,crdenas7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require an annual     
report on veteran access to gender      
specific services under community care  
contracts1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,improving ,oversight of ,women     
,veterans' ,care ,act of #bjai4  #b4    
,annual report on veteran access to     
gender specific services under          

,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
community care contracts  7a7 ,in       
general ,subchapter ,,iii of chapter #ag
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new section3  #agcj;,d4       
,annual report on veteran access to     
gender specific services under community
 care contracts  7a7 ,in general ,the   
,secretary 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 gender     
specific services under contracts1      
agreements1 or other arrangements with  
non-,department medical providers       
entered into by the ,secretary for the  
provision of hospital care or medical   
services to veterans4 ,such report shall
 include data and performance measures  
for the availability of gender specific 
services1 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 the average driving time required  
for veterans to attend appointments2 and
  7#c7 reasons why appointments could   
not be scheduled with non-,department   
medical providers4  7b7 ,gender specific
 services ,in this section1 the term    
gender specific services means          
mammography1 obstetric care1            
gynecological care1 and such other      
services as the ,secretary determines   
appropriate4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment
 ,the table of sections at the beginning
 of such chapter is amended by inserting
 after the item relating to section     
#agcj;,c the following new item3        
#agcj;,d4 ,annual report on veteran     
access to gender specific services under
 community care contracts4  4  #c4      
,establishment of environment of care   
standards and inspections at ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs medical centers  
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,veterans ,affairs shall establish a    
policy under which-- 7#a7 the           

environment of care standards and       
inspections at ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs medical centers include--  7,a7
 an alignment of the requirements for   
such standards and inspections with the 
women's health handbook of the ,veterans
 ,health ,administration2  7,b7 a       
requirement for the frequency of such   
inspections2  7,c7 delineation of the   
roles and responsibilities of staff at  
the medical center who are responsible  
for compliance2 and  7,d7 the           
requirement that each medical center    
submit to the ,secretary a report on the
 compliance of the medical center with  
the standards2 and  7#b7 for the        
purposes of the ,end of ,year ,hospital 
,star ,rating1 no medical center is     
eligible for a five star rating as      
reported under the ,strategic ,analytics
 for ,improvement and ,learning ,value  
,model unless it meets the environment  
of care standards4  7b7 ,report ,not    
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         

,secretary shall submit to the          
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and ,house of               
,representatives certification in       
writing that the policy required by     
subsection 7a7 has been finalized and   
disseminated to ,department all medical 
centers4