Melanie Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
Latest action · Jul 16, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 28, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to provide for projects for the establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis and their families. Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 125
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2001 to Nov 22, 2002, with 40 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-IL | David D. Phelps | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| R-OH | Deborah Pryce | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
| D-NC | Eva M. Clayton | Original | Jun 28, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 28, 2001Introduced in House
- Jun 28, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Ambulatory care
- Case management
- Clinical trials
- Continuum of care
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to maternal health services
- Federal aid to medical research
- Health
- Health education
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Hospital care
- Maternal and infant welfare
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Mental depression
- Mental health services
- Mental illness
- Mentally ill
- Mothers
- Pharmaceutical research
- Quality of care
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Women
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