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  1. Jan 6, 2009 · Shown Here: Passed House amended (03/30/2009) Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Title I: Research on Postpartum Conditions - (Sec. 101) Encourages the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue: (1) activities on postpartum depression; and (2) research to ...

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      Cosponsors of H.R.20 - 111th Congress (2009-2010): Melanie...

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  2. May 21, 2010 · The law is named after Blocker’s daughter, Melanie Stokes, who committed suicide in 2001, three months after giving birth to her daughter. ... the bill known as “Melanie’s law” was quietly ...

  3. Mar 29, 2010 · As part of the landmark health insurance reform bill that passed Congress on Monday, the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act – legislation sponsored by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) – will become law. The legislation will establish a comprehensive federal commitment to combating postpartum depression through new research, education initiatives and voluntarily support service programs ...

  4. Jul 21, 2006 · The bill has yet to pass, but it was reintroduced again this year, staffers said Thursday. Melanie Stokes began to show troubling signs of depression in April 2001, her family has said. Over a ...

  5. The MOTHERS Act legislation sponsored by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) to combat postpartum depression became law as part of landmark health insurance reform that passed Congress on March 21, 2010. The legislation establishes a comprehensive federal commitment to combating postpartum depression through new research, education initiatives ...

  6. Mar 31, 2009 · This Act may be cited as the Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act— (1) the term postpartum condition means postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis; and (2)

  7. May 10, 2024 · A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law. Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 20. This is the one from the 111 th Congress. This bill was introduced in the 111 th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 22 ...

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