US Congress House Bill 4215 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-4)
Status: Introduced on August 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish specified grant programs to support positive maternal health care outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. Specifically, grants must be used 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 the collaboration of professionals across health settings with respect to maternal health; and may be used to (4) establish evidence-informed, integrated health care services to pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.HHS also must contract with an independent research organization to study and make recommendations about best practices for reducing and preventing discrimination in the provision of maternal health services. HHS also must meet certain reporting requirements for specified maternal and child health care grant programs.

Excellence in Maternal Health Act of 2019

Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-08-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-08-30	House	Introduced in House

SB1895 (Related) 2019-07-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133.
HB4995 (Related) 2020-09-22 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB2586 (Related) 2019-09-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB14 (Related) 2020-11-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4215/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4215/BILLS-116hr4215ih.pdf