US Congress Senate Bill 1131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on May 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-26 - 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 (Introduced) [PDF]

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and implement a birth defects prevention and public awareness program, which includes: (1) a nationwide media campaign to increase awareness among health care providers and at-risk populations about pregnancy and breastfeeding information services; (2) grants for the provision of, or campaigns to increase awareness about, pregnancy and breastfeeding information services; and (3) grants for the conduct or support of surveillance of or research on maternal exposures that may influence the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal exposures that may influence health risks to a breastfed infant, or of networking to facilitate such surveillance or research.

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011

Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2029 (Related) 2011-06-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1131/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1131/BILLS-112s1131is.pdf