US Congress House Bill 2127 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act or the NEWBORN Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award five-year grants to eligible entities to create, implement, and oversee infant mortality pilot programs. Defines "eligible entity" to mean a county, city, territorial, or tribal health department that has submitted a proposal to the Secretary that the Secretary deems likely to reduce infant mortality rates within the standard metropolitan statistical area involved. Requires the Secretary to give preference to eligible entities proposing to serve any of the 15 counties or groups of counties with the highest rates of infant mortality in the United States in the past three years. Sets forth uses of grant funds, which may include: (1) developing a plan that identifies the individual needs of each community to be served and strategies to address those needs; (2) providing outreach to at-risk mothers; (3) developing and implementing standardized systems for improved access, utilization, and quality of social, educational, and clinical services to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term births, and healthy infancies delivered to women and their infants; (4) establishing a rural outreach program to provide care to at-risk mothers in rural areas; (5) establishing a regional public education campaign; and (6) coordinating efforts between health departments to be served through the infant mortality program and existing entities that work to reduce the rate of infant mortality within an area.

Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2127/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2127/BILLS-112hr2127ih.pdf