S. 1042 · 117th Congress
Kira Johnson Act
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This bill establishes grants to improve maternal health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups and other underserved populations.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 25, 2021
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Kira Johnson Act
Latest action (Mar 25, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 25, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.