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S 318 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Child health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Transportation costs Veterans' medical care Women's health

VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act

Introduced: February 4, 2019 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2019
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-179.
Feb 4, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish transportation in connection with the receipt of covered health care services for a newborn child of a woman veteran (and the child's parents). The bill expands covered health care services to include services furnished at health care facilities other than the facility where the child was delivered.

Under the bill, the VA may furnish more than seven days of health care services and transportation to such services if a child is in need of additional care.

Expenses incurred for transportation furnished in order for a newborn child of a veteran to receive health care services prior to the enactment of this bill may be waived or reimbursed to the veteran by the VA.

What's happening now May 22, 2019

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-179.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2752 Identical bill VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act
 Bill text 1 version

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jan 28, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 318: VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-318/
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"S. 318: VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-318/.
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S. 318, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-318/.
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