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Legislation:
H.R. 6132 The Social Determinants for Moms Act of 2020
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, Congresswoman Alma Adams, Senator Kamala Harris, and members of the Black Maternal Health Caucus introduced The Black Maternal Health Momnibus.
H.R. 959 Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
"The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021". This Act builds on existing legislation to address every dimension of the maternal health crisis in America. The crisis is most severe for Black moms in United States, who are dying at 3 to 4 times the rate of their white counterparts and other birting women and people of color. The Act is composed of twelve individual bills sponsored Black Maternal Health Caucus members.
H.R. 3849 Midwives for Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services (MOMS) Act
The Midwives for MOMS Act seeks to improve maternal health outcomes; ensure access to high-quality (equity) maternal health services for women, newborns, individuals, and families; and help end crisis level U.S. maternal mortality rates by expanding educational opportunities for Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs), and Certified Midwives (CMs). This is the first-time federal policymakers have prioritized investment in accredited midwifery education programs.
H.R. 271 Mamas First Act
The purpose of Mamas First Act is to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicaid program for services provided by doulas and midwives, and other purposes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the maternal mortality rate varies drastically for women by race and ethnicity.
AB 241 - Implicit Bias: Continuing Education: Requirements
Implicit bias means the attitudes or internalized stereotypes that affect our perceptions, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner exist and often contributes to unequal treatment of people based on specific traits and social groups (race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, and other characteristics).
SB 464 - Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act
Addresses the alarming disparities in maternal health by requiring all medical providers involved in perinatal services at hospitals and alternative birth centers to undergo evidence-based implicit bias training and evaluation.
SB 3363 Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (Maternal CARE) Act
The Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (Maternal CARE) Act creates two new grant programs and directs a study focused on reducing racial health disparities in maternal health. The Implicit Bias Training Grants address implicit bias in judgment or behavior resulting from implicit attitudes and stereotypes by establishing a $25 million competitive grant program directed to medical schools, nursing schools, and other health professionals training programs to support implicit bias training. Focuses on eliminating racial discrepancies in U.S. maternal mortality rates - the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, from complications related to pregnancy, labor, delivery, or abortion - by creating two key Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant programs: 1) Implicit Bias Training Grants and 2) Pregnancy Medical Home Demonstration Project.
SB 1237 Nurse-Midwives: Scope of Practice
Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a person who, among other qualifications, meets educational standards established by the board or the equivalent of those educational standards. Existing law authorizes a certified nurse-midwife, under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, to attend cases of normal childbirth and to provide prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including family-planning care, for the mother, and immediate care for the newborn. Existing law defines the practice of nurse-midwifery as the furthering or undertaking by a certified person, under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon who has current practice or training in obstetrics, to assist a woman in childbirth so long as progress meets criteria accepted as normal.
SB 1383 Unlawful Employment Practices: California Family Rights Act
Existing law prohibits an employer from refusing to allow a female employee disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition to take a leave for a reasonable time of up to 4 months before returning to work. Existing law also prohibits an employer from refusing to maintain and pay for coverage under a group health plan for an employee who takes that leave, as specified. The California Family Rights Act specifies that those existing pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition leave provisions are separate and distinct from the protections provided by the California Family Rights Act.
HR 948 Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act of 2021
"The Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act of 2021. Creating model programs for the care of incarcerated individuals in the prenatal and postpartum periods. Provide access to perinatal health workers from pregnancy through the postpartum period. To provide access to healthy foods and counseling on nutrition, activity levels, and safetly measures throughout pregnancy. To ensure pregnant incarcerated individuals receive respectful trauma informed treatment, culturally congruent care. Access to health insurance.
AB 95 Bereavement
AB 1119 Protect California Workers from Discrimination
AB 995 Increase California Paid Sick Leave from 24 hrs to 40 hrs AB 1041 Expand Paid Family Leave
AB 123 Increase Wage Replacement rate for Family Leave
HR 6383 To Provide for Research and Education with Respect to Uterine Fibroids, and for other Purposes
Reports:
The Century Foundation - Kamala Harris Conversation with Policy Leaders
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