US Congress House Bill 2076 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)
Status: Introduced on April 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes a three-year grant program to detect and prevent the abuse of infants under seven months old. Specifically, health services organizations, including multidisciplinary partnerships, receiving such grants must develop (1) best practices to assist medical professional in identifying, assessing, and responding to potential abuse and (2) strategies to improve communication between child protective services agencies and individuals that report infant abuse. Funding also may be used to address injuries resulting from infant abuse and to raise awareness about infant abuse within the health and child care community.

Early Detection to Stop Infant Abuse and Prevent Fatalities Act

Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-04-03	House	Introduced in House

SB1009 (Same As) 2019-04-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2076/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2076/BILLS-116hr2076ih.pdf