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S. 1600 (IS) - Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies Act
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:
- Congress Number
- 116th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- May 22, 2019
- Action
- Ms. Harris (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Jones, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Brown, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. Booker, Mr. Casey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Bill Number
- S. 1600
- Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate (IS)
- Short Title
- Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies Act
- Full Title
- To support States in their work to end preventable morbidity and mortality in maternity care by using evidence-based quality improvement to protect the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period and to reduce neonatal and infant mortality, to eliminate racial disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Kamala D. Harris(CA)
- Cosponsors
- Mazie K. Hirono (HI); Jeff Merkley (OR); Tammy Baldwin (WI); Richard Blumenthal (CT); Doug Jones (AL); Richard J. Durbin (IL); Tim Kaine (VA); Sherrod Brown (OH); Edward J. Markey (MA); Elizabeth Warren (MA); Cory A. Booker (NJ); Robert P. Casey Jr. (PA); Bernard Sanders (VT); Benjamin L. Cardin (MD); Amy Klobuchar (MN); Ron Wyden (OR); Tammy Duckworth (IL); Debbie Stabenow (MI); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (NY)
- Committees
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Standing)
- United States Code Reference
- 42 U.S.C. 1301 and 1396