S 970
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Child health
Congressional oversight
Veterans' medical care
Women's health
Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 27, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1