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<title>To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children.</title>
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<action-date>2014-09-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Allows the Secretary 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 14 days after the child's birth if the veteran delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility with which the VA has a contract for such services. (Currently, such care may not be provided for more than 7 days.)</p>]]></summary-text>
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