73.2.
(a) (1) The department shall create a task force to study the health of California women veterans.(2) Each member of the task force shall be a veteran, have experience in providing treatment to veterans, or be a subject matter expert in health care or mental health care. Task force members shall be volunteers and shall not receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses for their services, including travel or other expenses incurred to participate in task
force meetings or per diem.
(b) The task force shall study the health care needs of women veterans in the state, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The quality of, and access to, mental health services, including services and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
(2) Inpatient treatment availability.
(3) The adequacy and availability of appropriate health care for women veterans within the federal health care system and within the state.
(4) The adequacy and quality of, and access to, services providing for the identification and
treatment of military sexual trauma, including sexual harassment or abuse.
(c) The task force shall submit a report, on or before January 1, 2021, and on or within six months before January 1, 2023, to the Governor and the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature that have jurisdiction over the department, including the findings of the task force’s study and recommendations to improve provision of health care services to women veterans in the state.
(d) The task force, when conducting its study and preparing its
reports, shall consult with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the State Department of Public Health, the Department of Managed Health Care, and representatives of county veterans service offices.
(e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2023, and, as of January 1, 2024, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2024, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.