HR 1897 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

MOMMA’s Act

Introduced Mar 27, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Robin L. Kelly D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 28, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 27, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act or the MOMMA's Act

This bill establishes various programs and requirements to support the prevention of maternal mortality. Specifically, the bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide technical assistance and best practices for collecting data, standardizing reporting, and preventing maternal mortality. The CDC also must provide grants for state-based collaboratives to improve care immediately before and after birth and improve outcomes for maternal and infant health.

Further, the Health Resources and Services Administration must establish a grants program to support national organizations in assisting state-level health care systems to implement standardized, evidence-informed processes for maternal health focusing on reducing maternal mortality.

The bill also establishes regional centers to address implicit bias and cultural competency in the delivery of health care services. Specified institutions that provide education and training to health care professionals and focus on maternal mortality are eligible for funding through the program.

The bill extends coverage for pregnant and postpartum women under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program for one year postpartum and such coverage is revised to include oral health services.

Additionally, the bill (1) increases the excise tax on specified tobacco products, including cigarettes; (2) expands the definition of other tobacco products to include any such product as determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and (3) requires that such products are taxed at a rate equivalent to cigarettes on a per-use basis.

Cosponsors 111

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2019 to Dec 21, 2020, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalMar 27, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 27, 2019
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalMar 27, 2019
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 27, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Mar 27, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

Related bills 5

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 916MOMMA’s ActIdentical billMar 27, 2019
S 2517Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2019Related billSep 19, 2019
S 4819Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020Related billOct 20, 2020
HR 6637Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020Related billJul 9, 2020
HR 8200EHDC Act of 2020Related billSep 14, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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  1. Mar 27, 2019Introduced in House

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