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                                                 Union Calendar No. 626
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1209

                          [Report No. 114-802]

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation 
         of maternity care health professional shortage areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2015

Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mrs. Capps, and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

                           November 14, 2016

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Meehan, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Takai, Ms. 
Norton, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Harper, Mr. Roe of 
Tennessee, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Stivers, 
 Ms. DelBene, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
  DeFazio, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Lee, Mr. Polis, Mr. 
Heck of Nevada, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Ms. Sinema, 
      Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Costello of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Loebsack, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mr. Heck 
  of Washington, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Takano, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
    Himes, Ms. McCollum, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Fattah, Mrs. Brooks of 
Indiana, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Walberg, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Moore, Mr. Welch, 
   Mrs. Torres, Mr. Kind, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. McSally, Mr. Katko, Mr. 
      Joyce, Mr. Walz, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Dent, Mrs. 
   Miller of Michigan, Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia, Ms. Brownley of 
California, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Peters, Ms. DeLauro, Miss Rice 
 of New York, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
  Mr. Latta, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. MacArthur, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
 Gallego, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Ross, Mr. 
 Schrader, Mr. Pompeo, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Ted Lieu 
  of California, Mr. Young of Iowa, Mr. Griffith, Ms. Kuster, and Ms. 
                                Bonamici

                           November 14, 2016

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                                3, 2015]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation 
         of maternity care health professional shortage areas.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Access to Maternity Care 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MATERNITY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TARGET AREAS.

    Section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 
Health Resources and Services Administration, shall identify, based on 
the data collected under paragraph (3), maternity care health 
professional target areas that satisfy the criteria described in 
paragraph (2) for purposes of, in connection with receipt of assistance 
under this title, assigning to such identified areas maternity care 
health professionals who, without application of this subsection, would 
otherwise be eligible for such assistance. The Secretary shall 
distribute maternity care health professionals within health 
professional shortage areas using the maternity care health 
professional target areas so identified.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish 
criteria for maternity care health professional target areas that 
identify geographic areas within health professional shortage areas 
that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall collect 
and publish in the Federal Register data comparing the availability and 
need of maternity care health services in health professional shortage 
areas and in areas within such health professional shortage areas.
    ``(4) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek input 
from relevant provider organizations, including medical societies, 
organizations representing medical facilities, and other organizations 
with expertise in maternity care.
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term `full scope 
maternity care health services' includes during labor care, birthing, 
prenatal care, and postpartum care.
    ``(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as--
            ``(A) requiring the identification of a maternity care 
        health professional target area in an area not otherwise 
        already designated as a health professional shortage area; or
            ``(B) affecting the types of health professionals, without 
        application of this subsection, otherwise eligible for 
        assistance, including a loan repayment or scholarship, pursuant 
        to the application of this section.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``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.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 626

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1209

                          [Report No. 114-802]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation 
         of maternity care health professional shortage areas.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 14, 2016

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed