Kira Johnson Act
Latest action · Mar 9, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Kira Johnson Act
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to improve outcomes and reduce bias, racism, and discrimination in maternal care settings. Specifically, HHS must award grants to (1) community-based programs to improve maternal health outcomes for African American women, (2) eligible entities to provide certain training to health care providers and others who work in maternity care settings, and (3) specified health care facilities to establish respectful maternity care compliance offices. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine must study issues related to the training programs, and the Government Accountability Office must study the implementation and impact of the compliance offices.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2020 to Dec 17, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 22, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | Sep 1, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Nov 2, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 2, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 9, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Nov 20, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Nov 20, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Dec 17, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Dec 17, 2020 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Dec 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Dec 17, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 9, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1595 | Alma S. Adams D-NC | Mar 11, 2020 |
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. 166, no. 45, March 9, 2020, page H1555.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3424 | Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 10, 2020 |
| HR 6142 | Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 13, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To make investments in community-based organizations and other initiatives to prevent maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, especially for Black women, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Kira Johnson Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Air quality
- Census and government statistics
- Child care and development
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medical research
- Mental health
- Minority health
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex and reproductive health
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local finance
- Water quality
- Women in business
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2020Introduced 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.
