‘‘(E) promote treatment options and re-
duce stigma for pregnant and postpartum 
women with a substance use disorder; 
‘‘(F) assess the extent to which insurers 
are providing coverage for evidence-based men-
tal and behavioral health screenings and serv-
ices that adhere to existing prenatal and 
postpartum guidelines; 
‘‘(G) assess the extent to which existing 
guidelines and processes are culturally con-
gruent for minority women, specifically— 
‘‘(i) guidelines for identifying mater-
nal mental and behavioral health condi-
tions, including substance use disorders; 
‘‘(ii) guidelines for screening and, as 
needed, follow-up referrals, evaluations, 
and treatments after positive screens for— 
‘‘(I) depression; 
‘‘(II) anxiety; 
‘‘(III) trauma; 
‘‘(IV) substance use disorders; 
and 
‘‘(V) other mental or behavioral 
health conditions at the discretion of 
the Task Force; 
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‘‘(iii) processes for incorporating men-
tal and behavioral health screenings into 
the current timeline of standard screening 
practices for pregnant and postpartum 
women, with distinctions for postpartum 
screening timelines for uncomplicated and 
complicated births; and 
‘‘(iv) processes for referring women 
with positive screens for substance use dis-
order to addiction treatment centers offer-
ing— 
‘‘(I) on-site wraparound treat-
ment or networks for referrals; 
‘‘(II) multidisciplinary staff; 
‘‘(III) psychotherapy; 
‘‘(IV) contingency management; 
‘‘(V) access to all evidence-based 
medication-assisted treatment; and 
‘‘(VI) 
evidence-based 
recovery 
supports; 
‘‘(H) propose to the Secretary a multi-
lingual public awareness campaign for maternal 
mental health and substance use disorder, with 
a particular focus on minority women, that in-
cludes information on— 
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‘‘(i) symptoms, triggers, risk factors, 
and treatment options for maternal mental 
and behavioral health conditions; 
‘‘(ii) using the website developed 
under paragraph (3); 
‘‘(iii) the physiological process of re-
covery after birth; 
‘‘(iv) the frequency of occurrences for 
common conditions such as postpartum 
hemorrhage, preeclampsia and eclampsia, 
infection, and thromboembolism; 
‘‘(v) best practices in patient report-
ing of health concerns to their maternity 
care 
providers 
in 
the 
prenatal 
and 
postpartum periods; 
‘‘(vi) addressing stigma around mater-
nal mental and behavioral health condi-
tions; 
‘‘(vii) how to seek treatment for sub-
stance use disorder during pregnancy and 
in the postpartum period; and 
‘‘(viii) infant feeding options; and 
‘‘(I) disseminate to all State Medicaid pro-
grams under title XIX of the Social Security 
Act and State child health plans under title 
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XXI of the Social Security Act an assessment 
of the extent to which States are providing cov-
erage 
of 
evidence-based 
prenatal 
and 
postpartum 
mental 
and 
behavioral 
health 
screenings through such programs and plans, 
and an assessment of the benefits of such cov-
erage. 
‘‘(2) GRANT PROGRAMS.—The Task Force shall 
evaluate and advise on the grant programs under 
section 399OO–2. 
‘‘(3) CENTRALIZED WEBSITE.—The Task Force 
shall facilitate a coordinated effort between the Sub-
stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis-
tration and State departments of health to develop, 
either directly or through a contract, a centralized 
website with information on finding local mental and 
behavioral health providers who treat prenatal and 
postpartum mental and behavioral health conditions, 
including substance use disorder. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of the Moms MATTER Act 
of 2020, and every year thereafter, the Task Force 
shall submit to the Congress, the Centers for Medi-
care & Medicaid, and the Center for Medicare and 
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Medicaid Innovation, and make publicly available, a 
report that— 
‘‘(A) describes the activities of the Task 
Force and the results of such activities, with 
data in such results stratified racially, eth-
nically, and geographically; and 
‘‘(B) includes the strategy developed under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 
2021 through 2025. 
‘‘SEC. 399OO–2. INNOVATION IN MATERNITY CARE TO 
CLOSE 
RACIAL 
AND 
ETHNIC 
MATERNAL 
HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible entities to establish, implement, evaluate, 
or expand innovative models in maternity care that are 
designed to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in mater-
nal health outcomes. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section may use the grant to establish, 
implement, evaluate, or expand innovative models de-
scribed in subsection (a) including— 
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‘‘(1) collaborative maternity care models to im-
prove maternal mental health, treat maternal sub-
stance use disorders, and reduce maternal mortality 
and severe maternal morbidity, especially for minor-
ity women, consistent with the national strategy de-
veloped by the Task Force under section 399O– 
1(h)(1) and other recommendations of the Task 
Force; 
‘‘(2) evidence-based programming at clinics 
that— 
‘‘(A) provide wraparound services for 
women with substance use disorders in the pre-
natal and postpartum periods that may include 
multidisciplinary staff, access to all evidence- 
based medication-assisted treatment, psycho-
therapy, contingency management, and recovery 
supports; or 
‘‘(B) make referrals for any such services 
that are not provided within the clinic; 
‘‘(3) evidence-based programs at freestanding 
birth centers that provide culturally congruent ma-
ternal mental and behavioral health care education, 
treatments, and services, and other wraparound sup-
ports for women throughout the prenatal and 
postpartum period; and 
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‘‘(4) the development and implementation of 
evidence-based programs, including toll-free tele-
phone hotlines, that connect maternity care pro-
viders with women’s mental health clinicians to pro-
vide maternity care providers with guidance on ad-
dressing maternal mental and behavioral health con-
ditions identified in patients. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall give special consid-
eration to applications for models that will— 
‘‘(1) operate in— 
‘‘(A) areas with high rates of adverse ma-
ternal health outcomes; 
‘‘(B) areas with significant racial and eth-
nic disparities in maternal health outcomes; or 
‘‘(C) health professional shortage areas 
designated under section 332; 
‘‘(2) be led by minority women from demo-
graphic groups with disproportionate rates of ad-
verse maternal health outcomes; or 
‘‘(3) be implemented with a culturally con-
gruent approach that is focused on improving out-
comes for demographic groups experiencing dis-
proportionate rates of adverse maternal health out-
comes. 
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‘‘(d) EVALUATION.—As a condition on receipt of a 
grant under this section, an eligible entity shall agree to 
provide annual evaluations of the activities funded through 
the grant to the Secretary and the Task Force. Such eval-
uations may address— 
‘‘(1) the effects of such activities on maternal 
health outcomes and subjective assessments of pa-
tient and family experiences, especially for minority 
women from demographic groups with dispropor-
tionate rates of adverse maternal health outcomes; 
and 
‘‘(2) the cost-effectiveness of such activities. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible entity’ means any public 
or private entity. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘collaborative maternity care’ 
means an integrated care model that includes the 
delivery of maternal mental and behavioral health 
care services in primary clinics or other care settings 
familiar to pregnant and postpartum patients. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘culturally congruent’ means 
care that is in agreement with the preferred cultural 
values, beliefs, worldview, language, and practices of 
the health care consumer and other stakeholders. 
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‘‘(4) The term ‘freestanding birth center’ has 
the meaning given that term under section 
1905(l)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025. 
‘‘SEC. 399OO–3. GROUP PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE 
MODELS. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible entities to establish, implement, evaluate, 
or expand culturally congruent group prenatal care models 
or group postpartum care models that are designed to re-
duce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant 
health outcomes. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section may use the grant for— 
‘‘(1) programming; 
‘‘(2) capital investments required to improve ex-
isting physical infrastructure for group prenatal care 
and group postpartum care programming, such as 
building space needed to implement such models; 
and 
‘‘(3) evaluations of group prenatal care and 
group postpartum care programming, with a par-
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ticular focus on the impacts of such programming on 
minority women. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall give special consid-
eration to applicants that will— 
‘‘(1) operate in— 
‘‘(A) areas with high rates of adverse ma-
ternal health outcomes; 
‘‘(B) areas with significant racial and eth-
nic disparities in maternal health outcomes; or 
‘‘(C) health professional shortage areas 
designated under section 332; 
‘‘(2) be led by minority women from demo-
graphic groups with disproportionate rates of ad-
verse maternal health outcomes; or 
‘‘(3) be implemented with a culturally con-
gruent approach that is focused on improving out-
comes for demographic groups experiencing dis-
proportionate rates of adverse maternal health out-
comes. 
‘‘(d) EVALUATION.—As a condition on receipt of a 
grant under this section, an eligible entity shall agree to 
provide annual evaluations of the activities funded through 
the grant to the Secretary and the Task Force and ad-
dress in each such evaluation— 
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‘‘(1) the effects of such activities on maternal 
health outcomes with a particular focus on the ef-
fects of such activities on minority women, including 
measures such as— 
‘‘(A) avoidable emergency room visits; 
‘‘(B) postpartum care visits after delivery; 
‘‘(C) rates of preterm birth; 
‘‘(D) rates of breastfeeding initiation; 
‘‘(F) psychological outcomes; and 
‘‘(G) subjective measures of patient-re-
ported experience of care; and 
‘‘(2) the cost-effectiveness of such activities. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible entity’ means any public 
or private entity. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘culturally congruent’ means 
care that is in agreement with the preferred cultural 
values, beliefs, worldview, language, and practices of 
the health care consumer and other stakeholders. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025.’’. 
Æ 
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