US Congress Senate Bill 324 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Encourages the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue: (1) activities on postpartum depression; and (2) research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and treatments for, postpartum conditions. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health may conduct a nationally representative longitudinal study of the relative mental health consequences for women of resolving a pregnancy in various ways.Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants for projects for the establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with a postpartum condition and their families. Directs the Secretary to ensure that such projects provide education and services with respect to the diagnosis and management of postpartum conditions. Authorizes such projects to include: (1) delivering or enhancing outpatient home-based health and support services; and (2) providing education to new mothers and their families about postpartum conditions to promote earlier diagnosis and treatment. Sets forth grant requirements. Directs the Secretary to study the benefits of screening for postpartum conditions.Prohibits the Secretary from utilizing amounts appropriated under this Act to carry out activities or programs that are duplicative of activities or programs that are already being carried out through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-26		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB20 (Same As) 2009-03-31 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/324/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s324/BILLS-111s324is.pdf