S 2202 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Perinatal Dental Health Improvement Act of 2002

Introduced Apr 18, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor John Edwards D-NC

Latest action · Apr 18, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

IntroducedApr 18, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Perinatal Dental Health Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, to award grants for research and demonstration projects applying new scientific evidence about maternal and child oral health linkages related to adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal transmission of dental caries.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 18, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman	Original	Apr 18, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Apr 18, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 18, 2002Introduced in Senate
Apr 18, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 107-539	THE CRISIS IN CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH: A SILENT EPIDEMIC79 pages	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Jun 25, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to increase professional and public awareness of the link between periodontal disease in pregnant women and pre-term, low-birth weight babies and the maternal transmission of caries.
Short Titles as Introduced: Perinatal Dental Health Improvement Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 18, 2002Introduced in Senate

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