Bill > S2586

This bill, the Maternal Outcomes Matter (MOM) Act of 2019, aims to improve maternal health care and reduce preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. The key provisions include: 1. Establishing grant programs for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and disseminate best practices to improve maternal health care quality and outcomes, train healthcare professionals to reduce discrimination in maternal health services, and support collaboration across health settings to address maternal health. 2. Requiring HHS to contract with an independent research organization to study and make recommendations on best practices for reducing and preventing discrimination in the provision of maternal health services. 3. Amending the Public Health Service Act to authorize HHS to establish a grant program for the creation or support of perinatal quality collaboratives to improve perinatal care and outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. 4. Allowing HHS to award grants to establish or operate evidence-based or innovative, evidence-informed programs that deliver integrated health care services to pregnant and postpartum women to optimize their health and their infants' health, with a focus on reducing adverse maternal health outcomes, pregnancy-related deaths, and related health disparities.

Health and Social Services

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