U.S. Congress. House. Improving Access to Maternity Care Act. HR 315. 115^th Cong., 1^st sess. Congressional Record 163, no. 5, daily ed. (January 9, 2017): H217-218.

URL: www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/315/text?r=1

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to identify maternity care health professional target areas, which are areas within health professional shortage areas that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals, for purposes of assigning maternity care health professionals to those areas. Currently, the bill has passed House without amendment.

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