United States · Bill · S
S. 970 (115th)
Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017
Introduced
27 April 2017
Last action
27 April 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsors
Amy Klobuchar, Thomas Tillis
Subjects
Healthcare, Defence
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2017 This bill increases from 7 to 14 the number of days that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may furnish health care services, including post-delivery care, to the newborn child of a woman veteran who delivered the child in a VA facility or another facility pursuant to a VA contract for such services.
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Timeline
27 April 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
27 April 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 27 April 2017 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 April 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 April 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 27 April 2017
Sponsors
- Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
- Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
- · ssva00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Newborn Care Improvement Act
- related to → Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2019
- related to ← Newborn Care Improvement Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/970
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/970
- us · 115-s-970 · source updated 11 August 2025