S. 1675: Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-18 · Health · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 71.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 71. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act

Plain summary

Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish specified grant programs to support positive maternal health care outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. Specifically, HHS must award grants to (1) develop best practices to reduce preventable maternal mortality, and (2) train health care professionals to reduce and prevent discrimination when providing maternal health services. In addition, HHS may award grants to establish evidence-informed, integrated health care services to pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. The bill also provides statutory authority for a grant program that supports perinatal quality collaboratives. These are networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals that work to improve pregnancy outcomes through continuous quality improvement. HHS also must (1) contract with an independent research organization to study and make recommendations on trainings for health professional schools and education programs on reducing and preventing discrimination in the provision of maternal health services, and (2) address pregnant and postpartum women and their infants in public awareness initiatives related to vaccinations.

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Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] · 8 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1675, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act (2021-08-08)

Cosponsors on this site

Tina Smith (D-MN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] reported raising $3.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s1675.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s1675 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117