Sec. 706. Expansion of doula care furnished by Department of Defense
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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— by redesignating subsections
(e)through
(h)as subsections
(f)through (i), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(d)the following new subsection (e): Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 , the Secretary shall ensure that the demonstration project includes coverage of labor doula care, or reimbursement for such care, for all beneficiaries under the TRICARE program, including access— by members of the Armed Forces on active duty; by beneficiaries outside the continental United States; and at military medical treatment facilities. . 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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