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S 2637 115th Congress Senate Health

Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

Introduced: April 10, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Apr 10, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 10, 2018
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to:

  • 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 the Children's Health Insurance Program (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 make grants to eligible entities for:

  • the development of new state and regional maternity and infant care quality collaboratives;
  • expanded activities of existing collaboratives; and
  • maternity and infant care initiatives within established state and regional quality collaboratives that are not focused exclusively on maternity care.
What's happening now April 10, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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