S-1387 : Still Just a Bill

TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Defense to implement processes and procedures to ensure that a covered TRICARE program beneficiary whose pregnancy is complicated with a fetal anomaly or suspected of being so complicated receives, at the beneficiary's discretion, expedited evaluation and treatment from a perinatal or pediatric specialist capable of providing surgical management and intervention in utero.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2017-06-21IntroReferralRead twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.Senate
2017-06-21IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Armed Forces and National Security
See Subjects
  • Child health
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Military medicine
  • Surgery and anesthesia
  • Women's health

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