111th Congress > House > Vote 1516

Date: September 22, 2010

Result: 324-64 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 533

Vote Subject Matter: Social Welfare / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: COHEN, Stephen (D-TN)

Bill number: HR3470

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 16, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act or the NEWBORN Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award five-year grants to eligible entities to create, implement, and oversee infant mortality pilot programs. Defines "eligible entity" to mean a state, county, city, territorial, or tribal health department that has submitted a proposal to the Secretary that the Secretary deems likely to reduce infant mortality rates within the standard metropolitan statistical area involved. Requires the Secretary to give preference to eligible entities proposing to serve any of the 15 counties or groups of counties with the highest rates of infant mortality in the United States in the past three years. Sets forth uses of grant funds, which may include: (1) developing a plan that identifies the individual needs of each community to be served and strategies to address those needs; (2) providing outreach to at-risk mothers; (3) developing and implementing standardized systems for improved access, utilization, and quality of social, educational, and clinical services to promote healthy pregnancies, full-term births, and healthy infancies delivered to women and their infants; (4) establishing a rural outreach program to provide care to at-risk mothers in rural areas; and (5) establishing a regional public education campaign. Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015.

Bill titles: To authorize funding for the creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality, and for other purposes.

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