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HR 3842 115th Congress House Health Child health Health programs administration and funding Women's health

Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2017

Introduced: September 26, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 29, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the Healthy Start for Infants program. (The purpose of this program is to reduce infant mortality and improve perinatal outcomes.)
What's happening now September 29, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 14
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 11, 2018
Esty, Elizabeth
· Apr 17, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 10, 2018
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Apr 10, 2018
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 14, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 14, 2018
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 5, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 18, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 12, 2017
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Dec 5, 2017
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Dec 5, 2017
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 15, 2017
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 15, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 15, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Nov 15, 2017
Jenkins, Evan
· Sep 26, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3842: Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3842/
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"H.R. 3842: Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3842/.
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H.R. 3842, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3842/.
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