To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act
(Sec. 2) 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.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-802.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-802.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 626.
Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6115-6117)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1209.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6115)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6115)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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