H.R. 4995: Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2019

116th Congress

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care and maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Engel — D — NY

Requires the Health Resources and Services Administration or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish five new grant programs and one new demonstration program. Specifically: • Section 102 would establish a new grant program for rural obstetric collaborative networks and would authorize $3 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities. • Section 104 would establish a demonstration program to improve training for providers of maternal care in rural areas and would authorize $5 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities. • Section 201 would establish a competitive grant program to identify, develop, or disseminate for best practices for improving maternal health care and infant health outcomes and would authorize $10 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities. • Section 202 would establish a grant program for the training of health professionals to reduce and prevent discrimination in the provision of maternal care and would authorize $5 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities. • Section 204 would establish a grant program to improve perinatal care and health outcomes and would authorize $65 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities. Under current law, $58 million is authorized for those activities each year through 2023. As a result, the bill would increase authorized amounts by $7 million annually for the 2020-2023 period. • Section 205 would establish a grant program for states, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations to establish or operate programs that optimize the health of women and their infants through integrated care and would authorize $15 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities.

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