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S. 2637 · 115th Congress

Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

DSD StabenowSponsor
10 cosponsors · 10 D
SBD Brown RBD Blumenthal MHD Heinrich BMD Menendez JRD Reed AKD Klobuchar RDD Durbin BCD Casey KGD Gillibrand KHD Harris

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 10, 2018

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

Latest action (Apr 10, 2018): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 10, 2018

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.