S.Amdt. 833

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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