Bills For Paid Sick Leave, Perinatal Workforce, Public Health Emergency, Maternity Care Coordination by Dept of Veterans Affairs,

Weekly Legislative Update March 9-13, 2020: Bills For Paid Sick Leave, Perinatal Workforce, Public Health Emergency, Maternity Care Coordination by Dept of Veterans Affairs

Women shipfitters working on board the USS Nereus at the US Navy Yard on Mare Island, Vallejo, California circa 1943. (Department of Defense)

Bills Introduced

Employment

H.R. 6150 — Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Education and Labor; House Administration; Oversight and Reform; Judiciary (3/9/20) — A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.

H.R. 6164 — Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)/Energy and Commerce (3/10/20) — A bill to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce, and for other purposes.

S. 3448 — Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/11/20) — A bill to provide for certain contracting requirements to promote fair and safe workplaces, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6220 — Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)/Education and Labor; Oversight and Reform; House Administration (3/12/20) — A bill to provide for leave with respect to a public health emergency, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6240 — Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)/Oversight and Reform; House Administration; Judiciary (3/12/20) — A bill to establish a Government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the Federal workforce, and for other purposes.

Family/Reproductive Health

H.R. 6132 —Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA)/Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Agricultural; Transportation and Infrastructure; Education and Labor (3/9/20) — A bill to address social determinants of health for women in the prenatal and postpartum periods, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6137 — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)/Energy and Commerce (3/9/20) — A bill to establish and implement a Perinatal Care Alternative Payment Model Demonstration Project, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6138 — Rep. Eddie Bernie Johnson (D-TX)/Energy and Commerce (3/9/20) — A bill to improve maternal health outcomes, especially for underserved populations, through investments in technology, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6142 — Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL)/Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Transportation and Infrastructure; Education and Labor; Judiciary; Natural Resources; Agriculture; Veterans’ Affairs — A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6143 — Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA)/Energy and Commerce (3/9/20) — A bill to improve maternal mental and behavioral health outcomes with a particular focus on outcomes for minority women, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6144 — Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC)/Energy and Commerce (3/9/20) — A bill to make investments in community-based organizations and other initiatives to prevent maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, especially for Black women, and for other purposes.

H. Res. 888 — Rep. David Scott (D-GA)/Energy and Commerce (3/9/20) — Supporting the designation of March 2020 as Endometriosis Awareness Month.

S. 3424 — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/10/20) — A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6165 — Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS)/Energy and Commerce; Natural Resources (3/10/20) — A bill to improve data collection with respect to maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6178 — Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)/Energy and Commerce (3/10/20) — A bill to provide for a demonstration program to facilitate the clinical adoption of pregnancy intention screening initiatives by health care and social service providers.

S. 3443 — Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)/Finance (3/11/20) — A bill to provide Medicaid coverage for all pregnant and postpartum women, to provide coverage under the Medicaid program for services provided by doulas, midwives, and lactation consultants, and for other purposes.

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