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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover the costs of medically-necessary emergency transportation services for newborn babies of certain women veterans.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act</title>
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        <title>A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish medically necessary transportation for newborn children of certain women veterans, and for other purposes.</title>
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