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Kira Johnson Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 24, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 23, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 23, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Kira Johnson Act
This bill establishes grants to improve maternal health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups and other underserved populations.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must award grants for
- community-based programs to improve maternal health outcomes for Black pregnant and postpartum individuals, as well as individuals in other underserved groups;
- training for health care providers and others who work in maternity care settings on reducing and preventing racism, bias, and discrimination; and
- respectful maternity care compliance programs in specified health care facilities.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine must study issues related to the training programs, and the Government Accountability Office must study issues related to the compliance programs.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
43
D
Carter, Troy A.
D
Ross, Deborah K.
D
Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
D
Doggett, Lloyd
D
Garamendi, John
Jackson Lee, Sheila
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Yarmuth, John
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
MALONEY, CAROLYN
D
Larson, John B.
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
Bass, Karen
Blumenauer, Earl
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Butterfield, G. K.
D
Castor, Kathy
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
Deutch, Theodore
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Hayes, Jahana
D
Horsford, Steven
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Khanna, Ro
Lawson, Al
D
McBath, Lucy
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Moulton, Seth
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Pressley, Ayanna
RYAN, TIM
D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Sewell, Terri A.
D
Smith, Adam
D
Soto, Darren
D
Strickland, Marilyn
Trone, David
D
Underwood, Lauren
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
D
Williams, Nikema
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1212: Kira Johnson Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1212/
"H.R. 1212: Kira Johnson Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1212/.
H.R. 1212, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1212/.
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