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Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextA bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 8 weeks of paid leave for Federal employees giving birth and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Executive Branch Family Leave Act - Entitles a federal employee of the executive branch to paid leave of: (1) eight weeks for giving birth; (2) at least five days for a father for the birth of a child; (3) at least five days for adopting a child; and (4) eight hours during any 12-month period to accompany a child to medical or school appointments.
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for expenses related to the collection and storage of umbilical cord blood. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of qualified umbilical cord blood collection and storage expenses, up to $2,000 in a taxable year. Defines "qualified umbilical cord blood collection and storage expenses" as expenses directly related to the collection, storage, and maintenance of umbilical cord blood collected at the birth of a child.
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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to provide for 8 weeks of paid leave for Senate employees giving birth, and for other purposes. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Senate Family Leave Act - Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to entitle a covered legislative branch employee, other than an employee of the House of Representatives, and in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), to paid leave of: (1) eight weeks for giving birth; (2) at least five days for a father (or partner) for the birth of a child; (3) at least five days for adopting a child or taking it into foster care; and (4) eight hours during any 12-month period to accompany a child to medical or school appointments. Applies such leave separately for each child of the employee. Extends certain FMLA employment and benefits protections to such an employee. Prescribes a remedy for any violation of such protections. Applies the paid leave [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Authorization, Budgets, Cytology, Data banks, Department of Health and Human Services, Executive departments, Health information systems, Human embryology, Informed consent (Medical law), Law, Medical care, Medicine, Public contracts, Technology, Tissue banks, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide for the collection and maintenance of amniotic fluid and placental stem cells for the treatment of patients and research. 3/22/2007--Introduced. Amniotic Fluid and Placental Stem Cell Banking Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into one-time contracts with qualified amniotic fluid and placental stem cell banks to assist in the collection and maintenance of 100,000 new units of high-quality amniotic fluid and placental stem cells to be made available for treatment though the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation and Treatment Program. Sets forth provisions relating to requirements for contract recipients, the duration of such contracts, and extensions of funding under such contracts. Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the Program to provide for amniotic fluid and placental stem cell functions, recruitment, and educational activities. Authorizes appropriations for the Program through FY2012.
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Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a bad debt deduction to doctors to partially offset the cost of providing uncompensated care required to be provided under the amendments made by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. 2/28/2007--Introduced. Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain physicians a bad debt tax deduction for their costs in providing uncompensated care as required under the Social Security Act to emergency room patients and pregnant women in labor.
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Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to meeting the citizenship documentation requirement for children born in the United States. 2/28/2007--Introduced. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide that "satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality" means for a child born in the United States any claim for Medicaid payment if medical assistance is available for part or all of the costs of the child's birth.
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Latest Action: 05/11/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6022-6023) Bill TextA bill to ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health on postpartum depression. 5/11/2007--Introduced. Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the MOTHERS Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to: (1) states to provide to women who have recently given birth and their families, before such women leave their birthing centers, education concerning postpartum depression, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and postpartum psychosis and to screen new mothers for such postpartum conditions during their first year of postnatal checkup visits; and (2) public or nonprofit private entities to provide for the delivery of essential services to individuals with such postpartum conditions [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-282. Bill TextA bill to provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes. 4/9/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) States that the purposes of this Act are to: (1) develop a strategy to reduce mortality and improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers; and (2) establish a task force to assess, monitor, and evaluate the progress and contributions of relevant U.S. departments and agencies. (Sec. 3) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, including activities relating to: (1) newborn care and treatment; (2) childhood illness and immunization services; (3) child and maternal nutrition; (4) maternity and obstetric services; (5) safe water, hygiene, and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Aid to dependent children, Budgets, Business, Cash welfare block grants, Child support, Children, Collection of accounts, Criminal justice, Custody of children, Disabled, Earned income tax credit, Economic policy, Employment of the disabled, Employment subsidies, Ex-offenders, Expatriation, Families, Family violence, Fathers, Food, Food stamps, Foreign corporations, Foreign tax credit, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Imports, Imprisonment, Income, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Job training, Labor, Marriage, Married people, Medicaid, Medical care, Paternity, Rehabilitation of criminals, State and local government, State laws, Tax evasion, Tax returns, Tax shelters, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Trade, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Welfare work participation, Working poor
Latest Action: 06/14/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend title XIV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes. 6/14/2007--Introduced. Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2007 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) funding for responsible fatherhood programs; (2) requirements to ensure procedures to address domestic violence; (3) activities promoting responsible fatherhood; (4) grants to healthy family partnerships for domestic violence prevention, for services for families and individuals affected by domestic violence, and for developing and implementing best practices; and (5) elimination of separate TANF work participation rate for two-parent families. Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to prohibit a state from collecting any amount owed it by reason of costs [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Cytology, Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Genetic research, Genetics, Health policy, Informed consent (Medical law), Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Science policy, Women
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank. 4/17/2007--Introduced. National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain the National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank to obtain, store, and make available for research and treatment human stem cells derived from amniotic fluid or placenta. Requires the Bank to maintain not fewer than 100,000 samples of human stem cells. Allows the Bank to obtain a stem cell only if the woman providing the amniotic fluid or placenta makes a written statement of informed consent.
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Also tagged in: Health education, Health information systems, Health policy, Health surveys, Infants, Medical care, Medicine, Preventive medicine, Sudden infant death syndrome, Vital statistics, Women
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant death. 6/17/2008--Introduced. Preventing Stillbirth and SUID Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop: (1) a standard definition of stillbirth; and (2) a standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance, including enhancing the National Vital Statistics System for the reporting of stillbirths. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish: (1) a national registry that can facilitate the understanding of root causes, rates, and trends of stillbirth; (2) public education and prevention programs aimed at reducing the occurrence of stillbirth;[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/21/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextA bill to provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. 6/16/2008--Introduced. Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child; or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) four administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to up to eight administrative workweeks, based on the consideration of: (1) the benefits provided to the federal government of offering increased paid parental leave, including [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Death, Department of Health and Human Services, Directories, Federal aid to research, Fetus, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Health education, Health information systems, Health policy, Law, Medical care, Medical records, Medical research, Medicine, Science policy, State and local government, State laws, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner, and for other purposes. 5/6/2008--Introduced. Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2008 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) more states should enact legislation that allows the issuance of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; and (2) the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should increase the allocation of funds and other resources for stillbirth research.Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and maintain a scientific registry of stillbirths in the United States, which shall include for each stillbirth information on the stillborn fetus and the mother's health and pregnancy as collected and submitted by states on the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death. Requires [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make a stillborn child an insurable dependent for purposes for the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes. 4/30/2008--Introduced. Makes a stillborn child an insurable dependent under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Program for veterans and their survivors and dependents.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Adoption, Children, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional employees, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Employee vacations, Executive departments, Families, Family leave, Federal employees, Federal libraries, Foster home care, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Government employees, Government information, Governmental investigations, Humanities, Law, Leave of absence, Library of Congress, Medical care, Medicine, Office of Personnel Management, Sick leave, Welfare
Latest Action: 07/21/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. 6/19/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child; or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) four administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to up to eight administrative workweeks, based on the consideration of: (1) the benefits provided to the federal government [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. 4/8/2008--Introduced. Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child; or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) eight administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave.Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees.Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow the same substitution for Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Library of Congress employees.Requires GAO to study [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, AIDS (Disease), Children, Civil war, Contraceptives, Disasters, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Female circumcision, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Marriage, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical supplies, Medicine, Obstetrics, Preventive medicine, Sexually transmitted diseases, United Nations economic assistance, Women, World health
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Bill TextA bill to direct United States funding to the United Nations Population Fund for certain purposes. 2/29/2008--Introduced. United Nations Population Fund Restoration Act of 2008 - Requires that funds for a U.S. contribution to the United Nations Population Fund be used to: (1) provide equipment, medicine, and supplies to ensure safe childbirth and emergency obstetric care; (2) provide contraceptives for the prevention of unintended pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; (3) prevent and treat cases of obstetric fistula; (4) reestablish maternal health services in areas where medical infrastructure have been destroyed or limited by natural disasters or armed conflict; (5) promote abandonment of harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation and child marriage; and (6) promote the access of unaccompanied women and other vulnerable people to vital services.
Also tagged in: Abortion, Aid to dependent children, Budgets, Cash welfare block grants, Children, Counseling, Families, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medicine, Social services, Welfare, Women
Latest Action: 12/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Bill TextTo amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow funds provided under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families to be used for alternative-to-abortion services. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Positive Alternatives Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the use of TANF funds for alternative-to-abortion services, including: (1) information or counseling that promotes childbirth instead of abortion; and (2) other services designed to assist a woman to carry her unborn child to term.
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Latest Action: 10/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. 10/10/2007--Introduced. Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child; or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) eight administrative weeks of paid leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave. Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees.
Also tagged in: Abortion, Birth control, Children, China, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Communism, East Asia, Foreign policy, Human rights, International affairs, Medical care, Medicine, Politics and government, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Sterilization (Birth control), United Nations, Victims, Women, Women's rights
Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Chinese Communist Party should be condemned for engaging in coercive abortion practices, and for other purposes. 10/2/2007--Introduced. Declares that: (1) women in China possess a fundamental, inalienable right to carry their pregnancies to term free from coercive tactics designed to force a woman to abort her child; (2) coercion by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to coerce abortion and sterilization is immoral, reprehensible, and a violation of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (3) the House of Representatives expresses its regrets and condolences to the innocent victims of the CCP's one-child policy; and (4) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should publicly condemn the CCP's one child policy, coerced abortions, and coerced sterilizations at appropriate international forums.
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