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This bill aims to improve maternal health outcomes by authorizing grants to evaluate, develop, and expand the use of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models. The key provisions include: 1. Amending the Social Security Act to provide for the adoption and use of telehealth tools for screening, monitoring, and managing common health complications during and up to one year after pregnancy for Medicaid beneficiaries. 2. Establishing a grant program within the Public Health Service Act to support eligible entities in using technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models to train maternal health providers, evaluate the impact of such models, and promote best practices. 3. Providing grants to eligible entities to reduce maternal health disparities by increasing access to digital tools related to maternal healthcare, including early warning systems and clinical decision support mechanisms. 4. Directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study the use of technology, including innovative technology and patient monitoring devices, in maternal healthcare and provide best practices for reducing racial and ethnic biases. The overall goal of the bill is to leverage technology to improve maternal health outcomes, particularly in areas with high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, and to address racial and ethnic disparities in maternal healthcare.

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