,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cahb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ac1  
#bjbj,mr4 ,sullivan 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,blumenthal7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,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   
,continuation of ,women's ,health       
,transition ,training pilot program of  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,duration ,the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs shall carry out the ,women's   
,health ,transition ,training pilot     
program of the ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs 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 ,the number of women   
members of the ,armed ,forces1          
disaggregated by military department    
7with respect to the ,department of the 
,navy1 disaggregated by the ,navy and   
,marine ,corps71 who participated in the
 pilot program4  7#b7 ,the number of    
courses held under the pilot program4   
7#c7 ,the locations at which such       
courses were held1 the number of seats  
available for such courses1 and the     
number of participants at each such     
location4  7#d7 ,with respect to the    
number of members of the ,armed ,forces 
who participated in the pilot program as
 specified under paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 
the number who enrolled in the health   

care system of the ,department of       
,veterans ,affairs 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#e7 ,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#f7 ,a discussion of  
regulatory1 legal1 or resource barriers 
to-- 7,a7 making the pilot program      
permanent to enable access to services  
provided under the pilot program by a   
greater number of women members of the  
,armed ,forces at locations throughout  
the ,united ,states2  7,b7 offering the 
pilot program online for women members  
of the ,armed ,forces who are unable to 
attend courses held under the pilot     
program in person2 and  7,c7 the        

feasability of automatically enrolling  
pilot program participants in the health
 care system of the ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs under section        
#agje7;a7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code4  7c7 ,appropriate congressional  
committees defined ,in this section1 the
 term appropriate congressional         
committees means-- 7#a7 the ,committee  
on ,armed ,services and the ,committee  
on ,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate2  
and  7#b7 the ,committee on ,armed      
,services and the ,committee on         
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives4