Description:
H.R. 4995 would require the Health Resources and Services Administration or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish five new grant programs and one new demonstration program. Specifically: Section 102 would establish a new grant program for rural obstetric collaborative networks and would authorize $3 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities. Section 104 would establish a demonstration program to improve training for providers of maternal care in rural areas and would authorize $5 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities. Section 201 would establish a competitive grant program to identify, develop, or disseminate for best practices for improving maternal health care and infant health outcomes and would authorize $10 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities. Section 202 would establish a grant program for the training of health professionals to reduce and prevent discrimination in the provision of maternal care and would authorize $5 million each year from 2020 through 2024 to support those activities.
