Pregnant Women Support Act
Latest action · May 13, 2009 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.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pregnant Women Support Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women to carry their pregnancy to term and new parents.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women.
Prohibits a health insurance issuer offering individual coverage from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion or a waiting period or otherwise discriminating against a woman on the basis that she is pregnant.
Provides for continuation coverage for newborns.
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow states to extend health care coverage to an unborn child.
Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtain informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion.
Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) higher education pregnant and parenting student services offices; and (2) programs to work with pregnant or parenting teens to complete high school.
Authorizes grants for services to pregnant women who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. Requires states to require a pregnancy determination for homicide victims.
Requires the Secretary to provide for supportive services for pregnant women, mothers, and children.
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC program).
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the eligibility threshold for food stamps.
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.
Authorizes grants to provide to eligible mothers education on the health needs of their infants through visits to their homes by registered nurses.
Authorizes grants for collecting and reporting abortion surveillance data.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 13, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Original | May 13, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 13, 2009Introduced in Senate
- May 13, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 270 | Pregnant Women Support Act | Related bill | Jan 15, 2009 |
| HR 2035 | Pregnant Women Support Act | Related bill | Jun 22, 2010 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Abortion
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Education programs funding
- Food assistance and relief
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Home and outpatient care
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Medicaid
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Nursing
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Teenage pregnancy
- Violent crime
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 13, 2009Introduced in Senate
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