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Harris has introduced/cosponsored multiple bills re: Black maternal mortality, including the Maternal CARE Act, the MOMS Act, the MOMMIES Act, and the Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act.
Last year she told @SELFmagazine it's "an issue that should concern everyone"
Last year she told @SELFmagazine it's "an issue that should concern everyone"
In August 2018 she introduced the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act, proposing grants for:
~10 states to create pregnancy medical home (PMH) programs
- implicit bias training in health-care training programs
- more studies on implicit bias in providers
~10 states to create pregnancy medical home (PMH) programs
- implicit bias training in health-care training programs
- more studies on implicit bias in providers
Full text of the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act available here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1600/text
She cosponsored Gillibrand's Aug 2018 Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards (MOMS) Act which would:
- create/update standardized maternal safety best practices and fund states & hospitals to implement them
- ensure CDC gets data from state Maternal Mortality Review Committees
- create/update standardized maternal safety best practices and fund states & hospitals to implement them
- ensure CDC gets data from state Maternal Mortality Review Committees
Full text of the Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards (MOMS) Act here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3392
She cosponsored Booker's September 2018 MOMMIES Act, which would expand full Medicaid coverage from 60 days postpartum to one full year and increase access to doula services.
Full text of the the Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services (MOMMIES) Act here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3494/text
She cosponsored Sherrod Brown's Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine (Healthy MOM) Act from May 2019, which would:
- establish a special enrollment period for pregnant folks
- guarantee 12 months of continuous Medicaid eligibility for postpartum folks
- establish a special enrollment period for pregnant folks
- guarantee 12 months of continuous Medicaid eligibility for postpartum folks
You can download the full text of the Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine (Healthy MOM) Act here: https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-smith-watson-coleman-introduce-bill-to-ensure-pregnant-mothers-can-access-affordable-health-care-during-and-after-pregnancy
Moving on! Harris, Lauren Underwood, and Alma Adams introduced the Black Maternal Health MOMNIBUS Act of 2020, composed of nine individual bills sponsored by Black Maternal Health Caucus Members. More on that initiative here: …https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/Momnibus
The 9-part MOMNIBUS:
1) social determinants for moms
2) honoring Kira Johnson
3) protecting moms who served
4) the perinatal workforce
5) data to save moms
6) moms matter
7) justice for incarcerated moms
8) tech to save moms
9) impact to save moms https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6142/text
1) social determinants for moms
2) honoring Kira Johnson
3) protecting moms who served
4) the perinatal workforce
5) data to save moms
6) moms matter
7) justice for incarcerated moms
8) tech to save moms
9) impact to save moms https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6142/text
