VHA Handbook 1330.03(2.)(d.)

2. Authority

d. Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1786, VA may provide newborn health care services, for up to but not more than, date of birth and 7 calendar days after the birth of the child, all post-delivery care services, including routine health care services that a newborn child requires, if the woman Veteran delivered the child in a VA facility or in another facility pursuant to a VA contract relating to such delivery. These services are part of VA’s medical benefits package.