To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children.

Bill: 113-hr-5475
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2014-09-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health

Congressional oversight

Veterans' medical care

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide the newborn child of a woman veteran who is receiving VA maternity care with post-delivery care services for 14 days after the child's birth if the veteran delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility with which the VA has a contract for such services. (Currently, such care may not be provided for more than 7 days.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5475 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2014 Mr. Collins of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children.

1. Improvement of care provided to newborn children Section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking seven days and inserting 14 days ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Annual report Not later than October 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the health care services provided under subsection (a) during the fiscal year preceding the date of the report, including the number of newborn children who received such services during such fiscal year. .