Bill > HR7565

This bill, the NIH IMPROVE Act, aims to continue funding the IMPROVE Initiative through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The key provisions are: 1. The bill authorizes the Director of the Institute to continue the IMPROVE Initiative, which focuses on advancing research to reduce preventable causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, reduce racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in maternal health outcomes, and improve health for pregnant and postpartum individuals. 2. The Initiative uses an integrated approach to understand the biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and structural factors that affect maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, building an evidence base for improved care and outcomes in specific regions of the United States. 3. The Initiative targets health disparities associated with maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity by implementing and evaluating community-based interventions for disproportionately affected individuals, and identifying risk factors and underlying biological mechanisms associated with leading causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. 4. The bill authorizes $30 million in appropriations for each fiscal year from 2023 to 2027 to carry out the IMPROVE Initiative.