US HB142 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 4 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals reimbursed under the Medicare system to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing from the hospital.
Title
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2021
Sponsors
| Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| 2021-02-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2021-01-04 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2021-01-04 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2021-01-04 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/142/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr142/BILLS-117hr142ih.pdf |
