Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
Latest action · Feb 22, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 22, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
This bill directs multi-agency efforts to improve maternal health, particularly among racial and ethnic minority groups, veterans, and other vulnerable populations. It also addresses maternal health issues related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other specified departments must address the social determinants of maternal health, which include child care, housing, food security, transportation, and environmental conditions.
The bill also extends to 24 months postpartum eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants, and Children.
Additionally, HHS and other agencies must take actions to grow and diversify the maternal health workforce.
To increase access to maternity care, HHS and other agencies must (1) award specified grants; (2) test an alternative payment model for perinatal care under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); and (3) support training, technology, and telehealth initiatives.
The bill also increases research and data collection on maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly among tribal populations and minority groups.
The Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice must establish programs to improve maternity care for incarcerated populations. The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission must also report on the impact of Medicaid ineligibility for pregnant and postpartum prisoners. Additionally, as a condition for certain grants, states and territories must have laws limiting the use of restraints on pregnant individuals in prisons.
The bill also directs activities to mitigate adverse maternal health outcomes associated with climate change and to improve maternal vaccination rates.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 22, 2021 to Jul 27, 2022; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 22, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 22, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 22, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-178 | EXAMINING OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE: IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY AND OUTCOMES BY ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES149 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Mar 25, 2021 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46795 | Artificial Intelligence: Background, Selected Issues, and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | May 19, 2021 |
Related bills 24
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Air quality
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Building construction
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Digital media
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Energy assistance for the poor and aged
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family services
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- 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
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing supply and affordability
- Immunology and vaccination
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Licensing and registrations
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Minority health
- Nursing
- Nutrition and diet
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Right of privacy
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Technology assessment
- Transportation safety and security
- Veterans' medical care
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
- Women's education
- Women's employment
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 22, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
