HR 3192 · 110th Congress · Health

Pregnant Women Support Act

Introduced 2007-07-26· Sponsored by Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.(2008-04-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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. Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtained informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion. 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. 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. Allows the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women. Provides for the collection and dissemination of information on Down syndrome and other prenatally diagnosed conditions. 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. …

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Cosponsors (20)

12 Democrats8 Republicans