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.
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Apr 10, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.