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S. 916 / H.R.1897 Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act, or the “MOMMA’s Act”

REINTRODUCED BY: CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY (D-IL) – MARCH 2019

The MOMMA’s Act consists of five main components that target preventing maternal deaths and reducing maternal morbidity:

  • Provide technical assistance for states with respect to reporting maternal mortality by using a standard method for data reporting.
  • Issue best practices to state Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) on how to best identify, review, and prevent maternal deaths.
  • Expand Medicaid and CHIP coverage for postpartum care from 60 days to a year.
  • Support the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal (AIM) –  a national alliance working to implement standardized protocols across the country – by ensuring that hospitals adopt and implement data-driven maternal safety bundles.
  • Establish Regional Centers of Excellence – a grant program addressing implicit bias and cultural competency in patient-provider interaction education for the purpose of enhancing and improving how health professionals are educated in implicit bias and delivering culturally competent health care.

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