Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Obstetrics

Bill Introduced: S.3288 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009

2008-07-17T20:00:00Z

An original bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2787 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

2008-03-30T20:00:00Z

A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2682 United Nations Population Fund Restoration Act of 2008

2008-02-28T19:00:00Z

A bill to direct United States funding to the United Nations Population Fund for certain purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5032 Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

2008-01-16T19:00:00Z

To ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.

Bill Introduced: S.2075 Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

2007-09-19T20:00:00Z

A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2892 Family Building Act of 2007

2007-06-26T20:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code, to require coverage for the treatment of infertility.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2604 United Nations Population Fund Women's Health and Dignity Act

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

To provide financial and other support to the United Nations Population Fund to carry out activities to save women's lives, limit the incidence of abortion and maternal mortality associated with unsafe abortion, promote universal access to safe and reliable family planning, and assist women, children, and men in developing countries to live better lives.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2583 Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2584 High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act to alleviate critical shortages of physicians in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, and obstetrics-gynecology, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1418 United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007

2007-05-16T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2266 United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007

2007-05-09T20:00:00Z

To provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2114 Repairing Young Women's Lives Around the World Act

2007-05-01T20:00:00Z

To provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations Population Fund only for the prevention, treatment, and repair of obstetric fistula.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1841 AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007

2007-03-28T20:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insurance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.896 Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007

2007-03-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and medical residents serving health professional shortage areas, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1200 American Health Security Act of 2007

2007-02-26T19:00:00Z

To provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.

Bill Introduced: H.R.979 Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 2007

2007-02-11T19:00:00Z

To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.

Bill Introduced: S.244 Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act

2007-01-09T19:00:00Z

A bill to improve women's access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services.

Bill Introduced: H.R.283 Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act

2007-01-04T19:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans permit enrollees direct access to services of obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly and without a referral.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5886 AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2006

2006-07-24T20:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insurance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.23 Malpractice Liability Reform bill

2006-05-02T20:00:00Z