S.Amdt. 2373

SA 2373. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. Stabenow)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282
submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2019 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 C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 729. REPORT ON USE BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF QUALITY
MEASURES TO ASSESS MATERNAL MORTALITY AND
SERIOUS MORBIDITY.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to Congress a report on the use by
the Department of Defense of quality measures in assessing
maternal mortality and serious morbidity for active duty
members of the Armed Forces.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include a comparison between care provided through military
treatment facilities and care provided by the Department of
Defense through contracts as well as a comparison with
quality measurement between care provided by the Department
and care provided to civilian populations.
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