US Congress House Bill 42 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare, and which provide neonatal and infant care, to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Establishes civil penalties for failure to have such security procedures in effect. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and establish criminal penalties for baby switching in hospitals.

Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2015

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-01-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-06	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-01-06	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-01-06	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-01-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-01-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/42/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr42/BILLS-114hr42ih.pdf