S. 3182: HEALTH Act
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S. 3182: HEALTH Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-01-13 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-01-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
HEALTH Act
Plain summary
Helping Expand and Launch Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act or the HEALTH Act This bill updates programs and provisions related to the health of women veterans. (Sec. 2) Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue through at least FY2020 and report on the Women's Health Transition Training pilot program. Among other elements, the report should include the number of female participants by military department, the number of courses held under the program, and the locations where the courses were held. (Sec. 3) The VA is authorized to furnish transportation in connection with the receipt of covered health care services for a newborn child of a woman veteran (and the child's parents). The bill expands covered health care services to include services furnished at health care facilities other than the facility where the child was delivered. Under the bill, the VA may furnish more than seven days of health care services and transportation to such services if a child is in need of additional care. Expenses incurred for transportation furnished in order for a newborn child of a veteran to receive health care services between May 5, 2010, and the enactment of this bill may be waived or reimbursed to the veteran by the VA.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] · 3 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3182, Helping Expand and Launch Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act (2020-02-21)
Cosponsors on this site
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] reported raising $11.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3182.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s3182 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116