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Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2022 or the DOULA for VA Act of 2022
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study the feasibility and advisability of furnishing doula services to pregnant or formerly pregnant veterans (with respect to postpartum care) who are enrolled in the VA health care system.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2521 as passed House on Dec 1, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Dec 1, 2022
DOULA for VA Act of 2022
Passed · Two-thirds required
376 Yea 44 Nay 11 not voting
Crossed both parties 44 of 420 voting members broke with their own party: 44 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2521 and vote against it. 4 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 2521 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
23 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.