Newborn Care Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-907
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-07
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health

Congressional oversight

Veterans' medical care

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Newborn Care Improvement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill allows the Department 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 42 days after the child's birth if the veteran delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility with which VA has a contract for such services. (Currently, such care may not be provided for more than 7 days.)</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 907 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2017 Mr. Collins of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Rothfus , Mr. Soto , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Valadao , Ms. Shea-Porter , Mr. Coffman , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Woodall , Mr. Jones , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Issa , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Poliquin , and Mr. Bishop of Michigan ) 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Newborn Care Improvement Act . 2. 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 42 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. .