A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that women veterans may schedule appointments for women's specialty care under the laws administered by the Secretary without requiring a referral, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3999 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3999 To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that women veterans may schedule appointments for women's specialty care under the laws administered by the Secretary without requiring a referral, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2026 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that women veterans may schedule appointments for women's specialty care under the laws administered by the Secretary without requiring a referral, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Women Veterans Specialty Care Access Act''. SEC. 2. DIRECT SCHEDULING OF WOMEN'S SPECIALTY CARE FOR WOMEN VETERANS. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that any covered veteran may directly schedule an appointment for women's specialty care, including through the Veterans Community Care Program under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, without requiring a referral from a primary care provider of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) Availability.--The Secretary shall ensure that direct scheduling under subsection (a) is available-- (1) through each medical center or clinic of the Department that offers women's specialty care; and (2) via telephone, online scheduling tools, and any other modality used by the Department for scheduling of specialty care. (c) Prohibition on Additional Administrative Barriers.--The Secretary ma