S.Amdt. 2686

SA 2686. 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 the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the use by the Department of Defense of quality of
care measures in assessing maternal and infant 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 private sector contracts as well as a
comparison of quality of care measures between care provided
by the Department and care provided to civilian populations.
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