Improving Access to Maternity Care Act
Latest action · Mar 3, 2015 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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review these designations at least annually.
The Department of Health and Human Services must collect and publish data on health professional shortage areas so availability of maternal health professionals can be compared by professional category and geographic region.
A maternity care health professional shortage area is: (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.
Full scope maternity care health services include care during labor, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care.Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2015 to May 16, 2016, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 3, 2015 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 12, 2015 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 16, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Sep 28, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | May 16, 2016 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Mar 3, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1209 | Improving Access to Maternity Care Act | Identical bill | Nov 15, 2016 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2015Introduced in Senate
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