Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-970
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-04-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health

Congressional oversight

Veterans' medical care

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017<br /></strong></p> <p>This bill increases from 7 to 14 the number of days that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may furnish health care services, including post-delivery care, to the newborn child of a woman veteran who delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility pursuant to a VA contract for such services. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 970 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 2017 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Tillis ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Improvement of health care services provided to newborn children by Department of Veterans Affairs Section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 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 31 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the health care services provided under subsection (a) during such fiscal year, including the number of newborn children who received such services during such fiscal year. .