S.Amdt. 3888

SA 3888. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title V of division B, insert
the following:
Sec. __. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the
Health Resources and Services Administration and the Director
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall
submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House
of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives, a report that provides details
on utilization by States, hospitals, and health systems of
evidence-based practices to reduce maternal mortality and
severe maternal morbidity, such as the Alliance for
Innovation on Maternal Health.
(b) The report under this section shall include--
(1) a list of States, hospitals, and health systems that
participate in the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health
or a similar evidence-based program, and to the extent
possible, the maternal health outcomes such evidence-based
programs are intended to address;
(2) what is known about States, hospitals, and health
systems that participate in the Alliance for Innovation on
Maternal Health or a similar evidence-based program,
including the rates of maternal mortality and severe maternal
morbidity and any improvements with respect to such rates, or
other improvements in maternal and infant health outcomes;
and
(3) barriers to implementation of evidence-based programs
like the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health and
recommendations for further implementation.
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