Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
- Last Action
- 3/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-03-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-03-06Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-03-06Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-03-06Introduced in House
- 2019-03-06Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-06 (00)
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take a series of actions relating to the quality of maternal and infant care under Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and other health programs.
Specifically, the CMS must
- identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children, as specified by the bill;
- publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under Medicaid or CHIP;
- establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and
- establish an online clearinghouse of resources for entities working to improve maternity and infant care quality.
The CMS may also make grants to eligible entities (e.g., state Medicaid programs, health departments, and provider organizations) to develop or expand maternity and infant care quality collaboratives or initiatives.
Cosponsors (20)
- Steve Stivers (R-OH)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Joseph Kennedy (D-MA)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- PETER KING (R-NY)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
- Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
- Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
- Susan Wild (D-PA)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Harley Rouda (D-CA)
- James Himes (D-CT)
- John Yarmuth (D-KY)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Subjects
- Child health
- Government information and archives
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medicaid
- Performance measurement
- State and local government operations
- Women's health
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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