(3) that promotes technology that addresses 
maternal health disparities. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NUMBER.—The Secretary may award not 
more than 1 grant under this section. 
(2) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a 5-year period. 
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to an eligible entity on the de-
velopment, use, evaluation, and postgrant sustainability of 
digital tools for purposes of promoting equity in maternal 
health outcomes. 
(f) REPORTING.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—An eligible entity 
that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall sub-
mit to the Secretary a report, at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(2) SECRETARY.—Not later than 4 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes— 
(A) an evaluation on the effectiveness of 
grants awarded under this section to improve 
maternal health outcomes, particularly for preg-
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nant and postpartum individuals from racial 
and ethnic minority groups; 
(B) recommendations on new grant pro-
grams that promote the use of technology to 
improve such maternal health outcomes; and 
(C) recommendations with respect to— 
(i) technology-based privacy and secu-
rity safeguards in maternal health care; 
(ii) reimbursement rates for maternal 
telehealth services; 
(iii) the use of digital tools to analyze 
large data sets to identify potential preg-
nancy-related complications; 
(iv) barriers that prevent maternity 
care providers from providing telehealth 
services across States; 
(v) the use of consumer digital tools 
such as mobile phone applications, patient 
portals, and wearable technologies to im-
prove maternal health outcomes; 
(vi) barriers that prevent access to 
telehealth services, including a lack of ac-
cess to reliable, high-speed internet or elec-
tronic devices; 
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(vii) barriers to data sharing between 
the Special Supplemental Nutrition Pro-
gram for Women, Infants, and Children 
program and maternity care providers, and 
recommendations for addressing such bar-
riers; and 
(viii) lessons learned from expanded 
access to telehealth related to maternity 
care during the COVID–19 public health 
emergency. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 
SEC. 5. REPORT ON THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN MATER-
NITY CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall seek to enter an agreement with the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘National Academies’’) 
under which the National Academies shall conduct a study 
on the use of technology and patient monitoring devices 
in maternity care. 
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(b) CONTENT.—The agreement entered into pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall provide for the study of the 
following: 
(1) The use of innovative technology (including 
artificial intelligence) in maternal health care, in-
cluding the extent to which such technology has af-
fected racial or ethnic biases in maternal health 
care. 
(2) The use of patient monitoring devices (in-
cluding pulse oximeter devices) in maternal health 
care, including the extent to which such devices have 
affected racial or ethnic biases in maternal health 
care. 
(3) Best practices for reducing and preventing 
racial or ethnic biases in the use of innovative tech-
nology and patient monitoring devices in maternity 
care. 
(4) Best practices in the use of innovative tech-
nology and patient monitoring devices for pregnant 
and postpartum individuals from racial and ethnic 
minority groups. 
(5) Best practices with respect to privacy and 
security safeguards in such use. 
(c) REPORT.—The agreement under subsection (a) 
shall direct the National Academies to complete the study 
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under this section, and transmit to Congress a report on 
the results of the study, not later than 24 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MATERNAL MORTALITY.—The term ‘‘mater-
nal mortality’’ means a death occurring during or 
within a 1-year period after pregnancy, caused by 
pregnancy-related or childbirth complications, in-
cluding a suicide, overdose, or other death resulting 
from a mental health or substance use disorder at-
tributed to or aggravated by pregnancy-related or 
childbirth complications. 
(2) MATERNITY
CARE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘maternity care provider’’ means a health care pro-
vider who— 
(A) is a physician, a physician assistant, a 
midwife who meets, at a minimum, the inter-
national definition of a midwife and global 
standards for midwifery education as estab-
lished by the International Confederation of 
Midwives, an advanced practice registered 
nurse, or a lactation consultant certified by the 
International Board of Lactation Consultant 
Examiners; and 
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(B) has a focus on maternal or perinatal 
health. 
(3) POSTPARTUM.—The term ‘‘postpartum’’ re-
fers to the 1-year period beginning on the last day 
of the pregnancy of an individual. 
(4) RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP.— 
The term ‘‘racial and ethnic minority group’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1707(g)(1) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u– 
6(g)(1)). 
(5) SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY.—The term 
‘‘severe maternal morbidity’’ means a health condi-
tion, including mental health conditions and sub-
stance use disorders, attributed to or aggravated by 
pregnancy or childbirth that results in significant 
short-term or long-term consequences to the health 
of the individual who was pregnant. 
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