To provide an exception to the limitation on period of care provided to newborn children of veterans.

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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