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S 2637 115th Congress Senate

Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs b… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.

Introduced: April 10, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 10, 2018
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 Latest action April 10, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 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.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5457 Related bill Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Aug 15, 2018
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jun 4, 2018
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 14, 2018
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 10, 2018
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Apr 10, 2018
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Apr 10, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2637: Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2637/
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"S. 2637: Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2637/.
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S. 2637, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2637/.
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