HR 1244
102th Congress
House
Health
Alcohol and women
Alcoholic beverages
Block grants
Child health
Drug abuse
Drug abuse in pregnancy
Drug abuse prevention
Family planning and birth control
Health education
Home care services
Infant mortality
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal health services
Nurses
Pregnant women
Public assistance programs
Tobacco
Healthy Beginnings Act of 1991
Introduced: March 5, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 5, 1991
Introduced in House
Mar 5, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Plain-English summary
Healthy Beginnings Act of 1991 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for reducing infant mortality and providing to pregnant women, children under two years old, and the mothers of such children, in medically underserved areas, certain services in the home, including: (1) health care; (2) education regarding parenting skills, tobacco and alcohol use, nonprescription drug use, and family planning; and (3) referrals. Requires that the services be provided, to the extent practicable, through nurses. Allows grants to be expended for outreach. Allows technical assistance to grantees. Authorizes appropriations.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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