Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
Latest action · Oct 20, 2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8989)
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 27, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to expand and intensify research and related activities on postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. Requires the Director of NIMH to conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, such conditions.
Directs the Secretary to make grants to establish, operate, and coordinate effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with such conditions and their families. Allows the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grant recipients.
Cosponsors 81
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2005 to Jul 27, 2006; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Apr 27, 2005 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | May 4, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | May 4, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| R-IL | Henry J. Hyde | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jul 19, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 19, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 19, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jul 19, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Jul 19, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Jul 19, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Jul 27, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 27, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 13, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8989)
- May 13, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 27, 2005Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8989 | Bobby L. Rush D-IL | Oct 20, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
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 research
- Health
- Health education
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Hospital care
- Maternal and infant welfare
- Maternal health services
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Mental depression
- Mental health services
- Mental illness
- Mothers
- Pharmaceutical research
- Quality of care
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2005Introduced in House
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