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S 628 114th Congress Senate

Improving Access to Maternity Care Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.

Introduced: September 28, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Mar 3, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 3, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 3, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Access to Maternity Care Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review these designations at least annually.

The Department of Health and Human Services must collect and publish data on health professional shortage areas so availability of maternal health professionals can be compared by professional category and geographic region.

A maternity care health professional shortage area is: (1) an area determined to have a shortage of providers of full scope maternity care health services or of hospital or birth center labor and delivery units, or (2) a population group determined to have a shortage of such providers or facilities.

Full scope maternity care health services include care during labor, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1209 Identical bill Improving Access to Maternity Care Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 3
D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · May 16, 2016
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Feb 8, 2016
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Oct 7, 2015
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Sep 28, 2015
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 16, 2015
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 7, 2015
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 16, 2015
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 3, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 628: Improving Access to Maternity Care Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-628/
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