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Union Calendar No. 626 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1209 
[Report No. 114–802] 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation 
of maternity care health professional shortage areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2015 
Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mrs. CAPPS, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
NOVEMBER 14, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. TAKAI, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HARPER, 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. 
HANNA, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Ms. LEE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BEN 
RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, 
Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mrs. 
MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. FARR, Mr. HIMES, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. FATTAH, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. KILMER, 
Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. 
TORRES, Mr. KIND, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. KATKO, Mr. 
JOYCE, Mr. WALZ, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. DENT, 
Mrs. MILLER
of Michigan, Mr. JENKINS
of West Virginia, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 
DELAURO, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. MOOLENAAR, 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LATTA, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. 
MACARTHUR, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. POMPEO, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. 
YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. KUSTER, and Ms. BONAMICI 
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NOVEMBER 14, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 3, 2015] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
the designation of maternity care health professional 
shortage areas. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Access to Ma-
ternity Care Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MATERNITY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TARGET 
AREAS. 
Section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254e) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(k)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
shall identify, based on the data collected under paragraph 
(3), maternity care health professional target areas that sat-
isfy the criteria described in paragraph (2) for purposes 
of, in connection with receipt of assistance under this title, 
assigning to such identified areas maternity care health 
professionals who, without application of this subsection, 
would otherwise be eligible for such assistance. The Sec-
retary shall distribute maternity care health professionals 
within health professional shortage areas using the mater-
nity care health professional target areas so identified. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
establish criteria for maternity care health professional tar-
get areas that identify geographic areas within health pro-
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fessional shortage areas that have a shortage of maternity 
care health professionals. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall collect and publish in the Federal Register data com-
paring the availability and need of maternity care health 
services in health professional shortage areas and in areas 
within such health professional shortage areas. 
‘‘(4) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall seek input from relevant provider organizations, in-
cluding medical societies, organizations representing med-
ical facilities, and other organizations with expertise in ma-
ternity care. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘full 
scope maternity care health services’ includes during labor 
care, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care. 
‘‘(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as— 
‘‘(A) requiring the identification of a maternity 
care health professional target area in an area not 
otherwise already designated as a health professional 
shortage area; or 
‘‘(B) affecting the types of health professionals, 
without application of this subsection, otherwise eligi-
ble for assistance, including a loan repayment or 
scholarship, pursuant to the application of this sec-
tion.’’. 
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘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.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 626 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1209 
[Report No. 114–802] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for the designation of maternity care health pro-
fessional shortage areas. 
NOVEMBER 14, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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