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H.R. 2035 111th Congress House

Pregnant Women Support Act

Official title: To provide for programs that reduce abortions, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.

Introduced: May 4, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
May 21, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
May 21, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
May 21, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Apr 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Apr 22, 2009
Introduced in House
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to House Agriculture
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 22, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Latest action June 22, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pregnant Women Support Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women to carry their pregnancy to term and new parents.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women.

Prohibits a health insurance issuer offering individual coverage from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion or a waiting period or otherwise discriminating against a woman on the basis that she is pregnant.

Provides for continuation coverage for newborns.

Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow states to extend health care coverage to an unborn child.

Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtain informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion.

Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) higher education pregnant and parenting student services offices; and (2) programs to work with pregnant or parenting teens to complete high school.

Authorizes grants for services to pregnant women who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. Requires states to require a pregnancy determination for homicide victims.

Requires the Secretary to provide for supportive services for pregnant women, mothers, and children.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and make refundable the tax credit for adoption expenses.

Authorizes appropriations to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC program).

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the eligibility threshold for food stamps.

Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.

Authorizes grants to provide to eligible mothers education on the health needs of their infants through visits to their homes by registered nurses.

Authorizes grants for collecting and reporting abortion surveillance data.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 605 Pregnant Women Support Act
  • S 270 Pregnant Women Support Act
  • S 1032 Pregnant Women Support Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 1 Republican 5
Ellsworth, Brad
· Dec 1, 2009
Carney, Christopher
· Sep 29, 2009
Childers, Travis
· Jul 16, 2009
HILL, BARON
· Jun 8, 2009
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · May 11, 2009
Driehaus, Steve
· May 4, 2009
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 4, 2009
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 22, 2009
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Apr 22, 2009
Cao, Anh
· Apr 22, 2009
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Apr 22, 2009
Dahlkemper, Kathleen
· Apr 22, 2009
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 22, 2009
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 22, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2035: Pregnant Women Support Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2035/
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"H.R. 2035: Pregnant Women Support Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2035/.
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H.R. 2035, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2035/.
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