[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR728.71]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 728_MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT NAVY MEDICAL 
DEPARTMENT FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart G_Other Persons
 
Sec. 728.71  Ex-service maternity care.


    (a) Eligible beneficiaries. After separation from the service under 
honorable conditions because of pregnancy, or separated from the service 
under honorable conditions and found to have been pregnant at the time 
of separation, the following former members and their newborn infant(s) 
may be provided care as set forth below. The rendering of this care is 
subject to the provisions of Sec. 728.3. When certified by medical 
authorities that the pregnancy existed prior to entry into service 
(EPTE), maternity benefits are not authorized.
    (1) Former women members of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine 
Corps.
    (2) On or after 12 August 1985, former women members of the 
Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) 
and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    (b) Care authorized. (1) Former women members may be rendered 
medical and surgical care in naval MTFs incident to that pregnancy, 
prenatal care, hospitalization, postnatal care, and, when requirements 
of SECNAVINST 6300.2A are met, abortions. Limit postnatal care to 6 
weeks following delivery. Do not promise civilian sources under any 
circumstances for either the mother or the infant as such care is not 
authorized.
    (2) Treatment of the newborn infant in USMTFs includes care, both 
inpatient and outpatient, only during the

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first 6 weeks (42 days) following delivery. If the newborn infant 
requires care beyond the 6-weeks postnatal period, the mother or other 
responsible family member must make arrangements for disposition to 
private, State, welfare, or another Federal facility.
    (c) Application for care. In making application for care authorized 
by this section, former women members should apply either in person or 
in writing to the Armed Forces inpatient MTF nearest their home and 
present either their DD 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of 
Transfer or Discharge) or DD 256A (Honorable Discharge Certificate) as 
proof of eligibility for requested care. In areas with more than one 
Armed Forces MTF available and capable of providing required care, 
application should be made to the MTF of the service from which 
separated, as applicable. Disengagement in such areas to MTFs of other 
services may be made only when space is not available or capability does 
not exist in the MTF of the services from which the individual was 
separated.
    (d) Charges and collection. Charges and reimbursement procedures for 
care rendered to beneficiaries in paragraph (a)(2) of this section are 
the same as prescribed by current regulations for active Coast Guard, 
USPHS, and NOAA members.