H.R. 1254: Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-12 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act

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Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act This bill creates and expands federal grant programs within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase capacity to provide emergency obstetric health services in rural areas or areas without practitioners or facilities specializing in obstetric services. Specifically, HRSA must establish a program for providing grants to certain hospitals or consortiums that include hospitals in rural areas or areas with maternal health care professional shortages for training, developing a workforce, and purchasing equipment relating to obstetric emergencies. In addition, the bill requires HRSA’s Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Capacity program to provide grants for training on emergency obstetric services for practitioners in rural health care facilities without dedicated obstetric units. HRSA must also establish a pilot program to provide grants to government entities for developing or improving telehealth access programs to support urgent maternal health care in rural facilities without a dedicated obstetric unit.

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Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] · 50 cosponsors

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Young Kim (R-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Sarah McBride (D-DE), George Latimer (D-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Tony Wied (R-WI), Rudy Yakym III (R-IN), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Michael Lawler (R-NY), James C. Moylan (R-GU), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Emily Randall (D-WA), Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] reported raising $456,272 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1254.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr1254 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills