MOMS for the 21st Century Act

Bill: 112-hr-2141
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2011-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Allied health services
Child health
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Sex and reproductive health
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: 
Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services for the 21st Century or the MOMS for the 21st Century Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Office on Women's Health to: (1) establish the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Promotion of Optimal Maternity Outcomes, and (2) develop and implement a consumer education campaign to promote understanding and acceptance of evidence-based maternity practices and models of care for optimal maternity outcomes among women of childbearing ages and families of such women.
 
Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make publicly available and update an online bibliographic database identifying systematic reviews, including an explanation of the level and quality of evidence, for care of childbearing women and newborns. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to: (1) designate maternity care health professional shortage areas under the National Health Service Corps program, (2) establish a loan repayment program to alleviate critical shortages of maternal care professionals, and (3) award planning and implementation grants to address workforce disparities for such professionals.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support the establishment of two additional Centers for Excellence on Optimal Maternity Outcomes to conduct research to improve maternity outcomes.
 
Requires the Secretary to convene a Maternity Curriculum Commission to discuss and make recommendations for: (1) a shared core maternity care curriculum that takes into account the core competencies for basic midwifery practice and the educational objectives in obstetrics and gynecology, (2) strategies to integrate and coordinate education across maternity care disciplines, and (3) pilot demonstrations of interdisciplinary educational models.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover services provided by a supervised student midwife or an intern or resident-in-training under a teaching program under certain circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Introduced in House