http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/111_HR_2035.html?rev=49020 <p>H.R. 2035 would provide for programs that reduce abortions, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.</p> <h2 id="toc0"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>Pregnant Women Support Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women to carry their pregnancy to term and new parents.</p> <p>Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women.</p> <p>Prohibits 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>Provides for continuation coverage for newborns.</p> <p>Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow states to extend health care coverage to an unborn child.</p> <p>Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtain informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) higher education pregnant and parenting student services offices; and (2) programs to work with pregnant or parenting teens to complete high school.</p> <p>Authorizes grants 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 provide for supportive services for pregnant women, mothers, and children.</p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and make refundable the tax credit for adoption expenses.</p> <p>Authorizes appropriations to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC program).</p> <p>Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the eligibility threshold for food stamps.</p> <p>Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.</p> <p>Authorizes grants to provide to eligible mothers education on the health needs of their infants through visits to their homes by registered nurses.</p> <p>Authorizes grants for collecting and reporting abortion surveillance data.</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: 5/21/2009: 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="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> 49020@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:34:13 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/111_HR_2035.html?rev=48914 <p>H.R. 2035 would provide for programs that reduce abortions, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.</p> <h2 id="toc4"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>Pregnant Women Support Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women to carry their pregnancy to term and new parents.</p> <p>Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women.</p> <p>Prohibits 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>Provides for continuation coverage for newborns.</p> <p>Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow states to extend health care coverage to an unborn child.</p> <p>Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtain informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) higher education pregnant and parenting student services offices; and (2) programs to work with pregnant or parenting teens to complete high school.</p> <p>Authorizes grants 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 provide for supportive services for pregnant women, mothers, and children.</p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and make refundable the tax credit for adoption expenses.</p> <p>Authorizes appropriations to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC program).</p> <p>Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the eligibility threshold for food stamps.</p> <p>Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.</p> <p>Authorizes grants to provide to eligible mothers education on the health needs of their infants through visits to their homes by registered nurses.</p> <p>Authorizes grants for collecting and reporting abortion surveillance data.</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: 4/22/2009: 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="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> 48914@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:34:06 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/111_HR_2035.html?rev=44618 <p>H.R. 2035 would provide for programs that reduce abortions, 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>(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="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> 44618@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:30:17 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/111_HR_2035.html?rev=44619 <p>H.R. 2035 would provide for programs that reduce abortions, 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>Latest Major Action: 4/22/2009: 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="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> 44619@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:30:17 EDT