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HR 3470 - Infant Mortality Pilot Programs - Key Vote
John Boozman voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- Sept. 23, 2010 Senate Referred to Committee
- Sept. 22, 2010 House Introduced
- Sept. 22, 2010 House Bill Passed
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Stage Details
Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - Sept. 23, 2010
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Sept. 22, 2010
Title: Infant Mortality Pilot Programs
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - Sept. 22, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Infant Mortality Pilot Programs
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the appropriation of $50 million for fiscal year 2010-2011 through fiscal year 2014-2015 ($10 million for each fiscal year) to award grants to create and implement infant mortality pilot programs.
Highlight: -Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to state, county, city, territorial, or tribal health departments to create and implement infant mortality pilot programs (Sec. 2). -Requires the Secretary, when awarding grants, to give preference to the 15 counties or groups of counties with the highest infant mortality rates in the United States in the last 3 years (Sec. 2). -Authorizes infant mortality pilot programs do the following with grants awarded by this Act (Sec. 2):
- -Develop a plan that identifies the needs of the community;
-Provide outreach to "at-risk mothers";
-Develop and implement systems for improved access, utilization, and quality of services to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term births, and healthy infancies;
-Establish a rural outreach program;
-Establish a regional public education campaign to prevent pre-term births and educate the public on infant mortality; and
-Provide for any other activities, programs, and strategies identified by the community plan.
