A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to distribute maternity care health professionals to health professional shortage areas identified as in need of maternity care health services.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was enacted as:
16 Cosponsors (15 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Senator Carper, Secretary Walker Convene Public Health Experts, Medical Professionals to Discuss Ways to Reduce Maternal Deaths in Delaware”
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Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]
(Co-sponsor)
on Aug 7, 2018
“U.S. Surgeon General Featured Speaker at Community Leadership Forum on Opioids”
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Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL14, 2011-2018]
on Apr 26, 2018
History
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Jan 9, 2017
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Identical Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Mar 30, 2017
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Dec 6, 2018
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Identical Bill —
Passed Senate
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 315 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 783 (115th). |
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Dec 17, 2018
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Identical Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 315 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 783 (115th). |
S. 783 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 783. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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