3.0.0 783 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z Senate S 2017-03-30 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-30T16:55:30Z Improving Access to Maternity Care Act 115 315 HR 2018-12-17 Became Public Law No: 115-320. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2017-03-30 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-09-12 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-09-12 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-11-02 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2018-01-09 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2018-04-16 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2018-05-07 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2018-05-10 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-05-17 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-05-22 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2018-06-05 False D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2018-07-17 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-08-27 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-09-26 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2018-11-26 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-11-27 False Health Child health Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Health care coverage and access Health personnel Medical education Sex and reproductive health Student aid and college costs Women's health Health 00 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-26T18:47:20Z Improving Access to Maternity Care Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to identify maternity care health professional target areas, which are areas within health professional shortage areas that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals, for purposes of assigning maternity care health professionals to those areas.

HRSA must collect and publish data comparing the availability of and need for maternity care health services in health professional shortage areas and areas within those areas.]]> Improving Access to Maternity Care Act Display Title Improving Access to Maternity Care Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to distribute maternity care health professionals to health professional shortage areas identified as in need of maternity care health services. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improving Access to Maternity Care Act Introduced in Senate 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s783is/xml/BILLS-115s783is.xml 2017-03-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.