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care and Medicaid Services for addressing 
such barriers in State Medicaid programs; 
(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 consumers 
from accessing telehealth services or other 
digital technologies to improve maternal 
health outcomes, including a lack of access 
to reliable, high-speed internet or lack of 
access to electronic devices needed to use 
such services and technologies; and 
(vii) any other related issues as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
(g) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ is an entity that is described 
in section 51a.3(a) of title 42, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, including domestic faith-based and community- 
based organizations. 
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SEC. 804. REPORT ON THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO RE-
DUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY AND SEVERE 
MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND TO CLOSE RA-
CIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN OUT-
COMES. 
(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 to reduce preventable maternal 
mortality and severe maternal morbidity, and close racial 
and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes in the 
United States. The study shall assess current and future 
uses of artificial intelligence in maternity care, including 
issues such as— 
(1) the extent to which artificial intelligence 
technologies are currently being used in maternal 
health care; 
(2) the extent to which artificial intelligence 
technologies have exacerbated racial or ethnic biases 
in maternal health care; 
(3) recommendations for reducing racial or eth-
nic biases in artificial intelligence technologies used 
in maternal health care; 
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(4) recommendations for potential applications 
of artificial intelligence technologies that could im-
prove maternal health outcomes, particularly for mi-
nority women; and 
(5) recommendations for privacy and security 
safeguards that should be implemented in the devel-
opment of artificial intelligence technologies in ma-
ternal health care. 
(b) REPORT.—As a condition of any agreement under 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall require that the 
National Academies transmit to Congress a report on the 
results of the study under subsection (a) not later than 
24 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE IX—IMPACT TO SAVE 
MOMS 
SEC. 
901. 
PERINATAL 
CARE 
ALTERNATIVE 
PAYMENT 
MODEL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the period of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), 
acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medi-
care & Medicaid Services, shall establish and implement, 
in accordance with the requirements of this section, a 
demonstration project, to be known as the Perinatal Care 
Alternative Payment Model Demonstration Project (re-
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ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Demonstration Project’’), 
for purposes of allowing States to test payment models 
under their State plans under title XIX of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) and State child health 
plans under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et 
seq.) with respect to maternity care provided to pregnant 
and postpartum women enrolled in such State plans and 
State child health plans. 
(b) COORDINATION.—In establishing the Demonstra-
tion Project, the Secretary shall coordinate with stake-
holders such as— 
(1) State Medicaid programs; 
(2) relevant organizations representing mater-
nal health care providers; 
(3) relevant organizations representing patients, 
with a particular focus on women from demographic 
groups with disproportionate rates of adverse mater-
nal health outcomes; 
(4) relevant community-based organizations, 
particularly organizations that seek to improve ma-
ternal health outcomes for women from demographic 
groups with disproportionate rates of adverse mater-
nal health outcomes; 
(5) non-clinical perinatal health workers such as 
doulas, community health workers, peer supporters, 
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certified lactation consultants, nutritionists and di-
eticians, social workers, home visitors, and naviga-
tors; 
(6) relevant health insurance issuers; 
(7) hospitals, health systems, freestanding birth 
centers (as such term is defined in paragraph (3)(B) 
of section 1905(l) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(l)), Federally-qualified health centers 
(as such term is defined in paragraph (2)(B) of such 
section), and rural health clinics (as such term is de-
fined in section 1861(aa) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(aa))); 
(8) researchers and policy experts in fields re-
lated to maternity care payment models; and 
(9) any other stakeholders as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate, with a particular focus on 
stakeholders from demographic groups with dis-
proportionate rates of adverse maternal health out-
comes. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing the Dem-
onstration Project, the Secretary shall consider each of the 
following: 
(1) Findings from any evaluations of the 
Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns initiative 
carried out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
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