Rural MOMS Act

Bill: 117-s-1491
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Mental health
Minority health
Nursing
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Telephone and wireless communication
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act or the Rural MOMS Act

 
This bill expands initiatives to address maternal health in rural areas.
 
The bill provides funding through FY2025 for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish rural obstetric networks. These networks must foster collaboration to improve birth outcomes and reduce maternal morbidity in rural areas. HRSA also must award demonstration grants to medical schools and other health professional training programs to support education and training on maternal health in rural areas.
 
In addition, the bill incorporates maternal health services in certain telehealth grant programs. It also revises various research and other activities of the Department of Health and Human Services that pertain to maternal health.
 
Furthermore, the Government Accountability Office must report on maternal health topics, including health inequities and data issues.

action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act or the Rural MOMS Act

 
This bill expands initiatives to address maternal health in rural areas.
 
The bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish rural obstetric networks. These networks must foster collaboration to improve birth outcomes and reduce maternal morbidity in rural areas. HRSA also must award demonstration grants to medical schools and other health professional training programs to support education and training on maternal health in rural areas.
 
In addition, the bill incorporates maternal health services in certain telehealth grant programs. It also revises various research and other activities of the Department of Health and Human Services that pertain to maternal health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Murray with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Murray with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate