H.R. 4385: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.

113th Congress · introduced 2014-04-03 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2014-04-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.

Plain summary

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review such designations at least annually. Requires the Secretary to collect and publish data on health care professional shortage areas based on professional category of maternal health professionals providing full scope maternity health care by provider type as well as geographic region. Includes, in the criteria for designation of health professional shortage areas, consideration of health professionals other than physicians who provide full scope maternity care and are eligible for National Health Service Corps loan repayment. Defines "maternity care health professional shortage area" to mean: (1) an area determined to have a shortage of providers of full scope maternity care health services or of hospital or birth center labor and delivery units, or (2) a population group determined to have a shortage of such providers or facilities. Defines "full scope maternity care health services" to include care during labor, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care.

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To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity care health professional shortage areas.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · 30 cosponsors

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Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4385.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4385 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113