A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to distribute maternity care health professionals to health professional shortage areas identified as in need of maternity care health services.
USA115th CongressS-783| Senate
| Updated: 3/30/2017
Tammy Baldwin
Democratic Senator
Wisconsin
Cosponsors (16)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Joe Donnelly (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Claire McCaskill (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to identify maternity care health professional target areas, which are areas within health professional shortage areas that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals, for purposes of assigning maternity care health professionals to those areas. HRSA must collect and publish data comparing the availability of and need for maternity care health services in health professional shortage areas and areas within those areas.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Child healthGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelMedical educationSex and reproductive healthStudent aid and college costsWomen's health
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to distribute maternity care health professionals to health professional shortage areas identified as in need of maternity care health services.
USA115th CongressS-783| Senate
| Updated: 3/30/2017
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to identify maternity care health professional target areas, which are areas within health professional shortage areas that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals, for purposes of assigning maternity care health professionals to those areas. HRSA must collect and publish data comparing the availability of and need for maternity care health services in health professional shortage areas and areas within those areas.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Tammy Baldwin
Democratic Senator
Wisconsin
Cosponsors (16)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Joe Donnelly (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Claire McCaskill (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Health
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Child healthGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelMedical educationSex and reproductive healthStudent aid and college costsWomen's health