Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
Latest action · Apr 18, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to:
- identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children, as specified by the bill;
- publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP);
- establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and
- establish an online clearinghouse of resources for entities working to improve maternity and infant care quality.
The CMS may make grants to eligible entities for:
- the development of new state and regional maternity and infant care quality collaboratives,
- expanded activities of existing collaboratives, and
- maternity and infant care initiatives within established state and regional quality collaboratives that are not focused exclusively on maternity care.
Under current law, the CMS must contract with a consensus-based entity to carry out specified duties regarding performance measurement. The bill requires such an entity to facilitate increased coordination and alignment between the public and private sector with respect to quality and efficiency measures.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2018 to Nov 9, 2018; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Apr 10, 2018 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 23, 2018 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 23, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 23, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 22, 2018 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jun 7, 2018 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 9, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2018 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2018 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Apr 18, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Apr 10, 2018Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2018Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 57, April 10, 2018, page H3096.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1551 | Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 7, 2019 |
| S 2637 | Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act | Related bill | Apr 10, 2018 |
| HR 4695 | Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 9, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medicaid
- Performance measurement
- State and local government operations
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
