3.0.0 466 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z Senate S 2015-02-11 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2015-07-30T22:56:12Z Markup by 2015-06-24T15:38:20Z Referred to 2015-02-11T22:20:44Z S. Rept. 114-100 Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act 114 4695 HR 2016-03-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-07-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179. Calendars 2015-07-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-100. Committee 2015-07-30 Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-100. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfi00 Finance Committee 2015-06-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2015-02-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2015-02-11 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-02-11 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-02-11 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-02-11 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-02-11 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-02-11 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-02-12 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-02-12 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-11-30 False 2015-07-15T19:12:00Z S. 466, Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50397 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on June 24, 2015 Health Child health Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Medicaid Performance measurement State and local government operations Women's health Health 00 2015-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-02T21:26:01Z Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as part of the pediatric quality measures program and the Medicaid Quality Measurement Program (MQMP), to: (1) review certain quality measures endorsed under the Medicare program under SSAct XVIII that relate to the care of childbearing women and newborns, particularly with respect to their application to the programs under SSAct title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP), identifying omissions and deficiencies in such applications; (2) develop and publish a set of maternity care quality measures for the Medicaid and CHIP programs in accordance with specified requirements; and (3) review the Mother and Infant Care (MIC) quality measures and develop, on an ongoing basis, any modifications of, or additions to, them that reflect the development, testing, validation, and consensus process.

Directs the Secretary to enter into grants, contracts, or intergovernmental agreements with qualified measure development entities to: (1) identify quality of care issues that are not adequately addressed by the MIC quality measures; and (2) develop, test, and validate modifications of such measures.

Requires a qualified measure development entity with such a grant, contract, or intergovernmental agreement to consult with voluntary consensus standards setting organizations and other organizations involved in the advancement of evidence-based measures of health to create, as part of the MIC quality measures, eMeasures (for which measurement data, including clinical data, will be collected electronically) aligned with the measures developed under the pediatric quality measures program and the MQMP.

Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to adapt the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems program surveys of providers, facilities, and health plans to ensure that the adapted surveys are effective in measuring aspects of care that childbearing women and newborns experience.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to support: (1) the development of new state and regional maternity care quality collaboratives; (2) expanded activities of existing maternity care quality collaboratives; and (3) maternity care initiatives within established state and regional quality collaboratives that are not focused exclusively on maternity care.

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(Sec. 2) This bill amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to:

  • identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children in the same manner as it identifies and publishes a core set of child health quality measures;
  • publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under SSAct titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP);
  • develop a standardized format for reporting information based on the initial core set and create procedures to encourage states to use these measures to report voluntarily information regarding the quality of health care for Medicaid and CHIP eligible mothers and infants;
  • establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and
  • publish recommended changes to the initial core set of measures that shall reflect the results of the testing, validation, and consensus process for their development.

Any entity awarded a grant or contract by HHS to develop emerging and innovative evidence-based measures under the Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program shall work to advance eMeasures aligned with those developed under the Pediatric Quality Measures Program and the Medicaid Quality Measurement Program.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shall adapt the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems program surveys of providers, facilities, and health plans to ensure that the adapted surveys are effective in measuring aspects of care that childbearing women and newborns experience.

States with an approved Medicaid or CHIP plan or waiver shall report annually to HHS regarding state specific maternal and infant quality of care measures applied.

(Sec. 3) HHS may make grants to eligible entities to support:

  • the development of new state and regional maternity and infant care quality collaboratives;
  • expanded activities of existing collaboratives; and
  • maternity and infant care initiatives within established state and regional quality collaboratives that are not focused exclusively on maternity care.

An online, open-access clearinghouse shall be established to make protocols, procedures, reports, tools, and other resources of individual collaboratives available to collaboratives and other entities working to improve maternity and infant care quality.

(Sec. 4) The consensus-based entity regarding performance measurement with which HHS must contract shall facilitate increased coordination and alignment between the public and private sector with respect to quality and efficiency measures.

]]> Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act Display Title Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s466rs/xml/BILLS-114s466rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s466is/xml/BILLS-114s466is.xml 2015-07-30 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.