To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 242.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 79 · Reported to House without amendment · Nov 2, 2015
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
(Sec. 1) This bill makes permanent the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out, through the Readjustment Counseling Service of the Veterans Health Administration, a program to provide reintegration and readjustment services in group retreat settings to women veterans who are recently separated from service after a prolonged deployment. (Currently, such program is required as a pilot program under the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010.)
Such services shall include:
information on family, employment, and community reintegration;
financial and occupational counseling; and
information and counseling on stress reduction and conflict resolution.
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