,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dche  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #c1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,burgess 7for himself and ,mrs4 ,capps7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to provide for the designation of       
maternity care health professional      
shortage areas4  #a4 ,maternity care    
health professional shortage areas      
,section #ccb of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bed;e7 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7k7  7#a7    
,the ,secretary1 acting through the     
,administrator of the ,health ,resources
 and ,services ,administration1 shall   
designate maternity care health         
professional shortage areas in the      
,states and at least annually thereafter
 review and1 as necessary1 revise such  
designations4  7#b7 ,in carrying out    
paragraph 7#a71 and in applying         

subsection 7b7 pursuant to paragraph    
7#d71 the ,secretary shall seek input   
from relevant provider organizations1   
including medical societies1            
organizations representing medical      
facilities1 and other organizations with
 expertise in maternity care4  7#c7 ,in 
applying subsection 7d71 pursuant to    
paragraph 7#d71 the ,secretary shall    
collect and publish in the ,federal     
,register data on health care           
professional shortage areas based on    
professional category of maternal health
 professionals providing full scope     
maternity health care by provider type  
as well as geographic region4 ,such data
 shall be presented in a manner to      
compare availability and need of such   
professionals by such professional      
category and geographic region4  7#d7   
,the provisions of subsections 7b71 7c71
 7d71 7e71 7f71 7g71 7h71 7i71 and 7j7  
7other than 7j77#a77;,b77 of this       
section shall apply to the designation  
of a maternity care health professional 

shortage area under this subsection in a
 similar manner and extent as such      
provisions apply to the designation of  
health professional shortage areas under
 subsection 7a71 except--  7,a7 in      
applying subsection 7b77#c71 the        
reference in such subsection to         
physicians shall be deemed to be a      
reference to physicians and other health
 professionals as providing maternity   
care eligible for loan repayment under  
this part who provide full scope        
maternity care2  7,b7 in applying       
subsection 7d7--  7i7 the reference in  
paragraph 7#b7 of such subsection to    
,july #a of #aiia shall be deemed to be 
a reference to ,july #a of #bjaf2 and   
7ii7 the descriptive list required under
 such paragraph1 with respect to a      
maternity care health professional      
shortage area designated under paragraph
 7#a71 shall include--  7,i7 population 
groups in the area that would benefit   
from full scope maternity care health   
services2 and  7,,ii7 the providers and 

medical facilities that provide such    
services to such groups in such area2   
and  7,c7 in applying such provisions of
 subsections 7b71 7c71 7e71 7f71 7g71   
7h71 7i71 and 7j71 a reference to an    
area1 population group1 or facility     
shall be deemed to be a reference to an 
area or population group described in   
paragraph 7#e74  7#e7 ,for purposes of  
this subsection3  7,a7 ,the term        
#8maternity care health professional    
shortage area' means--  7i7 an area in  
an urban or rural area 7which need not  
conform to the geographic boundaries of 
a political subdivision and which is a  
rational area for the delivery of health
 services7 which the ,secretary         
determines has a shortage of providers  
of full scope maternity care health     
services2  7ii7 an area in an urban or  
rural area 7which need not conform to   
the geographic boundaries of a political
 subdivision and which is a rational    
area for the delivery of health         
services7 which the ,secretary          

determines has a shortage of hospital or
 birth center labor and delivery units2 
or  7iii7 a population group which the  
,secretary determines has such a        
shortage of maternal providers or       
facilities4  7,b7 ,the term full scope  
maternity care health services includes 
during labor care1 birthing1 prenatal   
care1 and postpartum care4  7,c7 ,the   
term medical facility has the meaning   
given such term in subsection 7a77#b7   
and includes a freestanding birth       
center1 as defined in section           
#aije7l77#c77;,b7 of the ,social        
,security ,act4  4