[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 423 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 423

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the care provided by 
         the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2015

  Mr. Collins of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, and Mr. 
   Valadao) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the care provided by 
         the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Newborn Care Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF CARE PROVIDED TO NEWBORN CHILDREN.

    Section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``seven days'' and 
        inserting ``14 days''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Annual Report.--Not later than October 31 of each year, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the health care 
services provided under subsection (a) during the fiscal year preceding 
the date of the report, including the number of newborn children who 
received such services during such fiscal year.''.
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