US Congress House Bill 1209 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on November 15 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-11-15 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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.

Improving Access to Maternity Care Act

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-11-15	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2016-11-14	House	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2016-11-14	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-11-14	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
2016-11-14	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6115)
2016-11-14	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1209.
2016-11-14	House	Considered under suspension of the rules.
2016-11-14	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6115-6117)
2016-11-14	House	Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2016-11-14	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 626.
2016-11-14	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-802.
2016-09-21	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2016-09-21	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-09-20	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-09-13	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
2016-09-12	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-03-03	House	Introduced in House

SB628 (Same As) 2015-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1209/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1209/BILLS-114hr1209ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1209/BILLS-114hr1209rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1209/BILLS-114hr1209eh.pdf