To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.
Latest action · Apr 4, 2014 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.
- IntroducedApr 3, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review such designations at least annually.
Requires the Secretary to collect and publish data on health care professional shortage areas based on professional category of maternal health professionals providing full scope maternity health care by provider type as well as geographic region.
Includes, in the criteria for designation of health professional shortage areas, consideration of health professionals other than physicians who provide full scope maternity care and are eligible for National Health Service Corps loan repayment.
Defines "maternity care health professional shortage area" to mean: (1) an area determined to have a shortage of providers of full scope maternity care health services or of hospital or birth center labor and delivery units, or (2) a population group determined to have a shortage of such providers or facilities.
Defines "full scope maternity care health services" to include care during labor, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2014 to Aug 1, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Apr 3, 2014 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Apr 29, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 29, 2014 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 9, 2014 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | May 9, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | May 9, 2014 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | May 20, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 20, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | May 29, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jun 9, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 9, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jun 11, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 19, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jun 19, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Jun 20, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jun 23, 2014 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 25, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Jul 11, 2014 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 15, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Jul 23, 2014 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 24, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jul 30, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Aug 1, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Aug 1, 2014 |
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 3, 2014 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 4, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 3, 2014Introduced in House
- Apr 3, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2908.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2014Introduced in House
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