Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act
Latest action · Dec 2, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedDec 2, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish guidance on ways to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and to report on the Medicaid payment methodologies that apply to facility transfers of pregnant women.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 2, 2020 to Dec 17, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Dec 2, 2020 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Dec 17, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Dec 17, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Dec 2, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Dec 2, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8958 | Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act | Identical bill | Dec 14, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Health of Human Services to publish guidance for States on strategies for maternal care providers participating in the Medicaid program to reduce maternal mortality and severe morbidity with respect to individuals receiving medical assistance under such program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- 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
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Performance measurement
- Sex and reproductive health
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2020Introduced in Senate
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