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S. 783 (115th)

Improving Access to Maternity Care Act

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Introduced

30 March 2017

Last action

30 March 2017 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sponsors

Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Improving Access to Maternity Care Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to identify maternity care health professional target areas, which are areas within health professional shortage areas that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals, for purposes of assigning maternity care health professionals to those areas. HRSA must collect and publish data comparing the availability of and need for maternity care health services in health professional shortage areas and areas within those areas.

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Timeline

  1. 30 March 2017

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 30 March 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

Documents

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  • Introduced in Senate (text)

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