119th Congress Health
H.R. 8089: Perinatal Workforce Act
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Summary
This bill establishes programs and requires research to diversify the perinatal workforce and advance respectful maternal care delivery models.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to education and training programs to grow and diversify the professions that make up the perinatal workforce. HHS must also disseminate guidance on respectful maternal care delivery. This guidance must cover, among other topics, recruiting and retaining maternity care providers from diverse backgrounds and incorporating trained midwives and other perinatal health workers into maternity care teams.
In addition, the National Institutes of Health must study best practices for culturally and linguistically congruent maternity care. This is care that is in agreement with the preferred cultural values, beliefs, languages, worldview, and practices of health care consumers and other stakeholders.
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The Government Accountability Office must also report on certain aspects of perinatal health care professions. The reporting must focus on barriers to entering those professions for low-income and minority women.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Alma Adams D-NCOriginal
- Joyce Beatty D-OHOriginal
- Wesley Bell D-MOOriginal
- Yvette Clarke D-NYOriginal
- Steve Cohen D-TNOriginal
- André Carson D-INOriginal
- Angie Craig D-MNOriginal
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FLOriginal
- Herbert Conaway D-NJOriginal
- Suzan DelBene D-WAOriginal
- Debbie Dingell D-MIOriginal
- Shomari Figures D-ALOriginal
- John Garamendi D-CAOriginal
- Jesús García D-ILOriginal
- Adelita Grijalva D-AZOriginal
- Steven Horsford D-NVOriginal
- Jahana Hayes D-CTOriginal
- Glenn Ivey D-MDOriginal
- Henry Johnson D-GAOriginal
- Sara Jacobs D-CAOriginal
- Julie Johnson D-TXOriginal
- Raja Krishnamoorthi D-ILOriginal
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CAOriginal
- George Latimer D-NYOriginal
- Seth Moulton D-MAOriginal
- Lucy McBath D-GAOriginal
- Morgan McGarvey D-KYOriginal
- LaMonica McIver D-NJOriginal
- Christian Menefee D-TXOriginal
- Eleanor Norton D-DCOriginal
- Ayanna Pressley D-MAOriginal
- Robert Scott D-VAOriginal
- Adam Smith D-WAOriginal
- Terri Sewell D-ALOriginal
- Darren Soto D-FLOriginal
- Melanie Stansbury D-NMOriginal
- Mark Takano D-CAOriginal
- Rashida Tlaib D-MIOriginal
- Lauren Underwood D-ILOriginal
- Marc Veasey D-TXOriginal
- Frederica Wilson D-FLOriginal
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJOriginal
- Troy Carter D-LA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Gwen Moore SponsorReached a cosponsor milestone, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Gwen Moore.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.