Skip to main content
S 3826 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Military facilities and property Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Women's health

TRICARE Coverage for Doula Support Act

Introduced: May 21, 2020 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

TRICARE Coverage for Doula Support Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD), in providing maternity care for pregnant members and certain former members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under the TRICARE program, to provide to such beneficiaries additional resources for prenatal and postnatal communication and education, including doula support. DOD shall conduct a specified survey on members or spouses of such members of the Armed Forces who give birth.

The term doula means an individual who is trained to provide non-medical advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to an individual during the individual's pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period by an organization that has been established for not less than five years and that requires the completion of continuing education.

What's happening now May 21, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 21, 2020
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3826: TRICARE Coverage for Doula Support Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3826/
MLA
"S. 3826: TRICARE Coverage for Doula Support Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3826/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 3826, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3826/.
Markdown link
[S. 3826: TRICARE Coverage for Doula Support Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3826/)
Report a problem