US HB958 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 64-1-1)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013 - Includes fertility counseling and treatment within authorized Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical services. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish such counseling and treatment, including the use of assisted reproductive technology, to a spouse or surrogate of a severely wounded, ill, or injured veteran who has an infertility condition incurred or aggravated in the line of duty and who is enrolled in the VA health care system, as long as the spouse and veteran apply jointly for such counseling and treatment. Authorizes the Secretary to pay to any such veteran an amount to assist in the adoption of one or more children. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report annually to the congressional veterans committees on the counseling and treatment provided under this Act; (2) prescribe regulations on the furnishing of such counseling, treatment, and adoption assistance; and (3) coordinate the furnishing of such counseling and treatment with that provided by the Department of Defense (DOD). Directs the Secretary to facilitate research conducted collaboratively by the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services (HHS) in order to improve VA's ability to meet the long-term reproductive health care needs of veterans who have a service-connected genitourinary disability or a condition that was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty, such as a spinal cord injury, that affects the veterans' ability to reproduce. Requires the Secretary to enhance the capabilities of the VA women veterans contact center: (1) to respond to requests for assistance with accessing VA health care and benefits, and (2) for referral to community resources to obtain assistance with services not furnished by the VA. Amends the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 relating to a pilot program of group retreat reintegration and readjustment counseling for women veterans recently separated from service to: (1) increase from at least 3 to at least 14 the number of locations for such counseling, and (2) extend the pilot program for an additional 2 years. Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program of providing child care assistance to veterans receiving or in need of VA readjustment counseling and related mental health services. Directs the Secretary to impose, as a contract condition, a contractor user fee with respect to each contract entered into by the VA for a good or service. Provides for the determination of fee amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such fee if the contractor is an individual or a small business. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Veterans Affairs Fertility Counseling and Treatment Fund. Provides for the deposit into such Fund of all contractor user fee amounts.

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Title

Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013

Sponsors

Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. James Moran [D-VA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

History

DateChamberAction
2013-03-14HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-03-08HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-05HouseReferred to House Armed Services
2013-03-05HouseReferred to House Budget
2013-03-05HouseReferred to House Veterans' Affairs
2013-03-05HouseReferred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Same As/Similar To

SB131 (Related) 2013-09-17 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 185.

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