H.R. 142: Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2021
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H.R. 142: Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-04 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2021
Plain summary
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2021 This bill establishes additional requirements that certain hospitals must meet in order to participate in Medicare. Specifically, as a condition of Medicare participation, hospitals and critical access hospitals that provide neonatal or infant care must have appropriate security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching. Noncompliant hospitals are subject to specified civil penalties. The bill also establishes criminal penalties for knowingly altering or destroying a newborn's hospital patient records for the purpose of causing the newborn to be misidentified.
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Official text
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr142.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr142 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117