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S. 380 119th Congress Senate

Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act

Official title: A bill to improve obstetric emergency care.

Introduced: February 4, 2025 Introduced by: Margaret Wood Hassan Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Jul 28, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525.
Jul 28, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jul 22, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 19, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Feb 4, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act

This bill creates and expands federal grant programs within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase capacity to provide emergency obstetric health services in rural areas or areas without practitioners or facilities specializing in obstetric services. 

Specifically, HRSA must establish a program for providing grants to certain hospitals or consortiums that include hospitals in rural areas or areas with maternal health care professional shortages for training, developing a workforce, and purchasing equipment relating to obstetric emergencies. In addition, the bill requires HRSA’s Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Capacity program to provide grants for training on emergency obstetric services for practitioners in rural health care facilities without dedicated obstetric units. HRSA must also establish a pilot program to provide grants to government entities for developing or improving telehealth access programs to support urgent maternal health care in rural facilities without a dedicated obstetric unit. 

 Hearings & markups 2
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1254 Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
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All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 4
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Apr 3, 2025
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Justice, James C.
West Virginia · Apr 3, 2025
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Apr 1, 2025
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 13, 2025
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Britt, Katie Boyd
Alabama · Feb 4, 2025
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 4, 2025
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Feb 4, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 380: Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-380/
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"S. 380: Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-380/.
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S. 380, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-380/.
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