House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2480.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 60, April 6, 2023, Page H1710):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on coverage under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act of certain pelvic health services furnished during the postpartum period, and for other purposesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 312 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2480, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
31 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 24 Democrats
24 of 31 cosponsors (77%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.