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Senate Bill 380
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 4, 2025
Overview
Text
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The bill aims to improve access to obstetric emergency services in rural areas through various provisions. It includes developing an evidence-based training program for practitioners in rural health care facilities, grants for equipment and supplies, a pilot program for teleconsultation, and a study on obstetric units in rural areas. The intended impact is to enhance the readiness and capacity of rural health care facilities to provide emergency obstetric services during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or the postpartum period, and to support maternal health care telehealth access programs for urgent maternal health care in rural facilities.

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Introduced
Feb 4, 2025
Latest Action
Jul 28, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
380
Congress
119
Policy Area
Health
Health
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
New Hampshire
Democrat
Delaware
Democrat
Minnesota
Democrat
Washington
Republican
West Virginia
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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. 

Text (1)
February 4, 2025
Actions (6)
07/28/2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525.
07/28/2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
07/22/2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
03/19/2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
02/04/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
02/04/2025
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jul 29, 2026 11:03:23 AM