[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 833. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXPANSION OF DOULA CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       The text of section 706 is hereby deemed to read as 
     follows:

     ``SEC. 706 EXPANSION OF DOULA CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       ``(a) Expansion of Extramedical Maternal Health Providers 
     Demonstration Project.--Section 746 of the William M. (Mac) 
     Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended--
       ``(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as 
     subsections (f) through (i), respectively; and
       ``(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsection (e):
       `` `(e) Coverage of Doula Care.--The Secretary may add 
     coverage of labor doula care to the demonstration project, or 
     reimbursement for such care, for all beneficiaries under the 
     TRICARE program, including access--
       `` `(1) by members of the Armed Forces on active duty;
       `` `(2) by beneficiaries outside the continental United 
     States; and
       `` `(3) at military medical treatment facilities.'.
       ``(b) Hiring of Doulas.--The hiring authority for each 
     military medical treatment facility may hire a team of doulas 
     to work in coordination with lactation support personnel or 
     labor and delivery units at such facility.''.
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