US Congress House Bill 4385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-12)
Status: Introduced on April 3 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review such designations at least annually. Requires the Secretary to collect and publish data on health care professional shortage areas based on professional category of maternal health professionals providing full scope maternity health care by provider type as well as geographic region. Includes, in the criteria for designation of health professional shortage areas, consideration of health professionals other than physicians who provide full scope maternity care and are eligible for National Health Service Corps loan repayment. Defines "maternity care health professional shortage area" to mean: (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. Defines "full scope maternity care health services" to include care during labor, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-04-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4385/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4385/BILLS-113hr4385ih.pdf