A resolution urging the protection of Medicare from the devastating cuts caused by H.R. 1.
- Last Action
- 9/9/2025
Actions
- 2026-07-28Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525.
- 2026-07-28Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2026-07-28Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2026-07-22Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2026-03-19Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- 2025-02-04Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-02-04Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-04 (00)
Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
This bill creates and expands federal grant programs within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase capacity to provide emergency obstetric health services in rural areas or areas without practitioners or facilities specializing in obstetric services.
Specifically, HRSA must establish a program for providing grants to certain hospitals or consortiums that include hospitals in rural areas or areas with maternal health care professional shortages for training, developing a workforce, and purchasing equipment relating to obstetric emergencies. In addition, the bill requires HRSA’s Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Capacity program to provide grants for training on emergency obstetric services for practitioners in rural health care facilities without dedicated obstetric units. HRSA must also establish a pilot program to provide grants to government entities for developing or improving telehealth access programs to support urgent maternal health care in rural facilities without a dedicated obstetric unit.
Cosponsors (7)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Katie Britt (R-AL)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- James Justice (R-WV)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Employment and training programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Medical education
- Rural conditions and development
- Sex and reproductive health
- Women's health
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