[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2319. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Tillis, and Mrs. Murray) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 
proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. ADDITIONAL CARE FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN OF VETERANS.

       Section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
     Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Exception Based on Medical Necessity.--Pursuant to 
     such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe to carry 
     out this section, the Secretary may furnish more than seven 
     days of health care services described in subsection (b), and 
     may furnish transportation necessary to receive such 
     services, to a newborn child based on medical necessity if 
     the child is in need of additional care, including if the 
     child has been discharged or released from a hospital and 
     requires readmittance to ensure the health and welfare of the 
     child.''.
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