119th Congress Health
S. 380: 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.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Katie Britt R-ALOriginal
- Susan Collins R-MEOriginal
- Tina Smith D-MNOriginal
- Shelley Capito R-WV
- Maria Cantwell D-WA
- Christopher Coons D-DE
- Jim Justice R-WV
Who scored on this bill
- 1Margaret Hassan SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported3 events+26
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Margaret Hassan.
Show the full action history (6 actions)
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525.
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.