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Introduced
02/14/2019
02/14/2019
In Committee
08/05/2020
08/05/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes. 1
AI Summary
This bill, the Deborah Sampson Act, aims to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to women veterans. Key provisions include:
- Establishing an Office of Women's Health within the VA to monitor and improve health care services for women veterans, including developing standards of care and providing recommendations on resource allocation.
- Requiring the VA to retrofit existing medical facilities to better support care for women veterans and ensure each VA medical facility has at least one full-time or part-time women's health primary care provider.
- Expanding access to reintegration and readjustment services in group retreat settings for veterans and their family members.
- Establishing a public-private partnership to provide legal services to address unmet needs of women veterans, such as child support and discharge upgrades.
- Extending the period of eligibility for the VA to provide care for newborn children of women veterans from 7 to 14 days.
- Requiring the collection and analysis of data on VA programs and services, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, to identify disparities.
- Expanding coverage of counseling and treatment for military sexual trauma to include former members of the Armed Forces.
Committee Categories
Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (56)
Jon Tester (D)*,
Tammy Baldwin (D),
Michael Bennet (D),
Marsha Blackburn (R),
Richard Blumenthal (D),
Cory Booker (D),
John Boozman (R),
Sherrod Brown (D),
Shelley Moore Capito (R),
Tom Carper (D),
Bob Casey (D),
Susan Collins (R),
Chris Coons (D),
John Cornyn (R),
Catherine Cortez Masto (D),
Kevin Cramer (R),
Mike Crapo (R),
Steve Daines (R),
Tammy Duckworth (D),
Dick Durbin (D),
Dianne Feinstein (D),
Cory Gardner (R),
Kirsten Gillibrand (D),
Kamala Harris (D),
Maggie Hassan (D),
Mazie Hirono (D),
Doug Jones (D),
Tim Kaine (D),
Angus King (I),
Amy Klobuchar (D),
Joe Manchin (I),
Ed Markey (D),
Martha McSally (R),
Bob Menendez (D),
Jeff Merkley (D),
Jerry Moran (R),
Lisa Murkowski (R),
Patty Murray (D),
Gary Peters (D),
Jack Reed (D),
Jim Risch (R),
Jacky Rosen (D),
Mike Rounds (R),
Bernie Sanders (I),
Brian Schatz (D),
Jeanne Shaheen (D),
Kyrsten Sinema (I),
Tina Smith (D),
Debbie Stabenow (D),
Dan Sullivan (R),
Chris Van Hollen (D),
Mark Warner (D),
Elizabeth Warren (D),
Sheldon Whitehouse (D),
Roger Wicker (R),
Ron Wyden (D),
Last Action
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 536. (on 09/15/2020)
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