119th Congress Health
H.R. 1254: Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
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Summary
This bill creates and expands federal grant programs within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase capacity to provide emergency obstetric health services in rural areas or areas without practitioners or facilities specializing in obstetric services.
Specifically, HRSA must establish a program for providing grants to certain hospitals or consortiums that include hospitals in rural areas or areas with maternal health care professional shortages for training, developing a workforce, and purchasing equipment relating to obstetric emergencies. In addition, the bill requires HRSA’s Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Capacity program to provide grants for training on emergency obstetric services for practitioners in rural health care facilities without dedicated obstetric units. HRSA must also establish a pilot program to provide grants to government entities for developing or improving telehealth access programs to support urgent maternal health care in rural facilities without a dedicated obstetric unit.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Young Kim R-CAOriginal
- Daniel Meuser R-PAOriginal
- Kim Schrier D-WAOriginal
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- Alma Adams D-NC
- Sanford Bishop D-GA
- Salud Carbajal D-CA
- Chrissy Houlahan D-PA
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski D-IL
- Deborah Ross D-NC
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Ro Khanna D-CA
- Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM
- Seth Moulton D-MA
- Jay Obernolte R-CA
- Brittany Pettersen D-CO
- Jennifer McClellan D-VA
- Rashida Tlaib D-MI
- Lori Trahan D-MA
- Laura Gillen D-NY
- Emilia Sykes D-OH
- Sharice Davids D-KS
- Shomari Figures D-AL
- George Latimer D-NY
- Sarah McBride D-DE
- Maxine Dexter D-OR
- Tony Wied R-WI
- Rudy Yakym R-IN
- Zachary (Zach) Nunn R-IA
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Chris Pappas D-NH
- Mark Pocan D-WI
- Carol Miller R-WV
- Patrick Ryan D-NY
- Jack Bergman R-MI
- Chellie Pingree D-ME
- Kristen McDonald Rivet D-MI
- Robert Bresnahan R-PA
- Mike Thompson D-CA
- Jared Golden D-ME
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- James (Jim) Moylan R-GU
- Frank Mrvan D-IN
- Cliff Bentz R-OR
- Emily Randall D-WA
- Adelita Grijalva D-AZ
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Robin Kelly SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Robin Kelly.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.