http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_3192.html?rev=22932 <p>H.R. 3192 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.</p> <h2 id="toc0"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>Pregnant Women Support Act - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states for collecting and reporting abortion surveillance data.</p> <p>Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtained informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion.</p> <p>Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow states to extend health care coverage to an unborn child.</p> <p>Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a health insurance issuer offering individual coverage from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion or a waiting period or otherwise discriminating against a woman on the basis that she is pregnant.</p> <p>Allows the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women.</p> <p>Provides for the collection and dissemination of information on Down syndrome and other prenatally diagnosed conditions.</p> <p>Provides for services to pregnant women who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. Requires states to require a pregnancy determination for homicide victims.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women and new parents.</p> <p>Allows the Secretary to make grants to public institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and parenting student services offices.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to provide for programs to work with pregnant or parenting teens to complete high school.</p> <p>Requires group homes for pregnant and parenting women to provide counseling on adoption and parenting skills.</p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and make refundable the tax credit for adoption expenses.</p> <p>Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the eligibility threshold for food stamps.</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc1"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 4/25/2008: House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc2"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc3"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 22932@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:45:33 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_3192.html?rev=13171 <p>H.R. 3192 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.</p> <h2 id="toc4"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>Pregnant Women Support Act - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states for collecting and reporting abortion surveillance data.</p> <p>Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtained informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion.</p> <p>Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow states to extend health care coverage to an unborn child.</p> <p>Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a health insurance issuer offering individual coverage from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion or a waiting period or otherwise discriminating against a woman on the basis that she is pregnant.</p> <p>Allows the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women.</p> <p>Provides for the collection and dissemination of information on Down syndrome and other prenatally diagnosed conditions.</p> <p>Provides for services to pregnant women who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. Requires states to require a pregnancy determination for homicide victims.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women and new parents.</p> <p>Allows the Secretary to make grants to public institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and parenting student services offices.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to provide for programs to work with pregnant or parenting teens to complete high school.</p> <p>Requires group homes for pregnant and parenting women to provide counseling on adoption and parenting skills.</p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and make refundable the tax credit for adoption expenses.</p> <p>Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the eligibility threshold for food stamps.</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc5"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 9/19/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc6"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc7"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 13171@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:40:51 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_3192.html?rev=10356 <p>H.R. 3192 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.</p> <h2 id="toc8"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to provide a detailed summary of the bill!)</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc9"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 9/19/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc10"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc11"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 10356@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:23:05 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_3192.html?rev=5959 <p>H.R. 3192 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.</p> <h2 id="toc12"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to provide a detailed summary of the bill!)</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc13"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to update the status of the bill!)</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc14"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc15"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 5959@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:43:15 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_3192.html?rev=5960 <p>H.R. 3192 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.</p> <h2 id="toc16"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to provide a detailed summary of the bill!)</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc17"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc18"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc19"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 5960@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:43:15 EDT