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S. 2586 116th Congress Senate

MOM Act

Official title: A bill to improve maternal health care.

Introduced: September 26, 2019 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 26, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 26, 2019
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 Latest action September 26, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Maternal Outcomes Matter Act of 2019 or the MOM Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish specified grant programs to support positive maternal health care outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. Specifically, grants must be used to (1) develop best practices to reduce preventable maternal mortality, (2) train health care professionals to reduce and prevent adiscrimination when providing maternal health services, and (3) support the collaboration of professionals across health settings with respect to maternal health. Grants may also be used to establish evidence-informed, integrated health care services to pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.

HHS also must contract with an independent research organization to study and make recommendations about best practices for reducing and preventing discrimination in the provision of maternal health services and meet certain reporting requirements for specified maternal and child health care grant programs.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 4995 Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020
  • HR 14 Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act
  • HR 4215 Excellence in Maternal Health Act of 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2586: MOM Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2586/
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"S. 2586: MOM Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2586/.
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S. 2586, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2586/.
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