H.R. 4695: Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
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H.R. 4695: Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-03 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
Plain summary
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act This bill amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children, as specified by the bill; publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and establish an online clearinghouse of resources for entities working to improve maternity and infant care quality. HHS may make grants to eligible entities for: the development of new state and regional maternity and infant care quality collaboratives; expanded activities of existing collaboratives; and maternity and infant care initiatives within established state and regional quality collaboratives that are not focused exclusively on maternity care. Under current law, HHS must contract with a consensus-based entity to carry out specified duties regarding performance measurement. The bill requires such an entity to facilitate increased coordination and alignment between the public and private sector with respect to quality and efficiency measures.
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Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] · 61 cosponsors
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Paul Tonko (D-NY), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ted Lieu (D-CA) and 1 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4695.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr4695 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114