US HB2286 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on June 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services for the 21st Century or the MOMS for the 21st Century Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Office on Women's Health to: (1) establish the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Promotion of Optimal Maternity Outcomes, and (2) develop and implement a consumer education campaign to promote understanding and acceptance of evidence-based maternity practices and models of care for optimal maternity outcomes among women of childbearing ages and their families. Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make publicly available and update an online bibliographic database identifying systematic reviews, including an explanation of the level and quality of evidence, for the care of childbearing women and newborns. Requires the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to: (1) designate maternity care health professional shortage areas under the National Health Service Corps program, and (2) award planning and implementation grants to address workforce disparities for such professionals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support the establishment of two additional Centers for Excellence on Optimal Maternity Outcomes to conduct research to improve maternity outcomes. Requires the Secretary to convene an Interprofessional Maternity Provider Education Commission to discuss and make recommendations for: (1) a consensus standard physiologic maternity care curriculum that takes into account the core competencies for basic midwifery practice and the educational objectives for physicians practicing in obstetrics and gynecology, (2) suggestions for multidisciplinary use of the consensus physiologic curriculum, (3) strategies to integrate and coordinate education across maternity care disciplines, and (4) pilot demonstrations of interprofessional educational models. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover services provided by a supervised student midwife or an intern or resident-in-training under a teaching program under certain circumstances.
Title
Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services for the 21st Century
Sponsors
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA] | Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA] | Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI] | Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] |
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA] | Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN] | Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME] | Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME] |
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2013-06-19 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2013-06-07 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2013-06-06 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
2013-06-06 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
2013-06-06 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. |
Subjects
Advisory bodies
Allied health services
Child health
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Minority health
Sex and reproductive health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health
Allied health services
Child health
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Minority health
Sex and reproductive health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2286/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2286/BILLS-113hr2286ih.pdf |