Improving Access to Maternity Care Act became law 711 days after introduction, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedJan 5, 2017
ReportedNov 29, 2018
Passed one chamberJan 9, 2017
Passed bothDec 6, 2018
LawDec 17, 2018
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 88 words.
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to identify maternity care health professional target areas, which are areas within health professional shortage areas that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals, for purposes of assigning maternity care health professionals to those areas. HRSA must collect and publish data comparing the availability of and need for maternity care health services in health professional shortage areas and areas within those areas.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 186 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 556 words
- Subjects
- Child healthGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelMedical education +3 more
- Latest action
- Dec 17, 2018: Became Public Law No: 115-320.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 115th S. 783 Improving Access to Maternity Care Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]