Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 22, 2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedNov 8, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Excellence in Maternal Health Act of 2020
This bill expands initiatives to address maternal health in rural areas and promote innovation in the field.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish rural obstetric networks for improving outcomes in birth and maternal morbidity through collaboration, training, and program evaluation.
HHS also must award demonstration program grants to (1) train physicians, medical residents, and other practitioners to provide maternal and obstetric services in rural communities; and (2) support academic programs that develop or provide training to improve maternal care in rural areas. Further, the bill adds maternal health services as part of the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.
The bill also makes a series of changes to the research and reporting requirements of HHS with respect to data on maternal health outcomes.
Additionally, the bill establishes grants to (1) develop best practices to reduce preventable maternal mortality; (2) train health care professionals about reducing and preventing discrimination when providing maternal health services; (3) support perinatal quality collaboratives in states, tribes, or tribal organizations to improve perinatal care and health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women; and (4) establish evidence-informed, integrated health care services for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.
HHS also must contract with an independent research organization to study and make recommendations to accredited school training programs about discrimination and implicit and explicit biases.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 8, 2019 to Sep 1, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Nov 8, 2019 |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Original | Nov 8, 2019 |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Original | Nov 8, 2019 |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Original | Nov 8, 2019 |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | Original | Nov 8, 2019 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Nov 20, 2019 |
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 | Hearings Sep 9, 2019Referred Nov 8, 2019Referred Nov 12, 2019Markup Nov 19, 2019Reported Sep 17, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Markup Nov 13, 2019Reported Nov 13, 2019 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2020 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sep 21, 2020Mrs. Dingell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 21, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4623-4626)
- Sep 21, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4995.
- Sep 21, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4623-4625)
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6426 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Oct 24, 2020 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E871 | Anna G. Eshoo D-CA | Sep 22, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4623–H4626Text printed H4623–H4625 | André Carson D-IN, Debbie Dingell D-MI, Greg Gianforte R-MT, Larry Bucshon R-IN | Sep 21, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9126 | Ann M. Kuster D-NH | Nov 21, 2019 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 13, 2020H.R. 4995, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 19, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 179, November 8, 2019, page H8740.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-114 | HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY: CONFRONTING RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN COVID-19 AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM292 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 17, 2020 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 14 | Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act | Related bill | Nov 2, 2020 |
| S 2373 | Rural MOMS Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2019 |
| S 2586 | MOM Act | Related bill | Sep 26, 2019 |
| HR 4215 | Excellence in Maternal Health Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 3, 2019 |
| HR 4243 | Rural MOMS Act | Related bill | Sep 10, 2019 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care and maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Employment and training programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Indian social and development programs
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Minority health
- Rural conditions and development
- Women's health
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Referred in Senate
- Sep 21, 2020Engrossed in House
- Sep 17, 2020Reported in House
- Nov 8, 2019Introduced 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.
