Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2020, as "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the United States maternal health crisis in the Black community and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons.

3.0.0 154 2022-11-01T19:32:20Z 2022-11-05T19:25:49Z Senate SRES 2019-04-10 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-10T20:39:57Z Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2020, as "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the United States maternal health crisis in the Black community and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons. 116 926 HRES 2020-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2019 as "Black Maternal Health Week". 116 317 HRES 2019-04-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2019-04-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2390) IntroReferral 2019-04-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-04-10 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-04-10 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-04-10 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-04-10 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-04-10 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-04-10 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-04-10 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-04-10 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-04-10 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-04-10 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-04-10 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-04-10 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2019-04-10 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-04-10 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-04-10 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-04-10 True Health Commemorative events and holidays Community life and organization Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Disability and health-based discrimination Economic development Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Housing supply and affordability Human rights Minority health Nutrition and diet Racial and ethnic relations Sex and reproductive health Violent crime Wages and earnings Water quality Women's health Health

00 2019-04-10 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-07T21:41:02Z This resolution recognizes (1) the significance of April 11-17, 2019, as Black Maternal Health Week; (2) that Black Maternal Health Week is an opportunity to raise national awareness of the state of black maternal health in the United States; and (3) that black women experience high, disproportionate rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.

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A resolution recognizing the week of April 11 through April 17, 2019, as "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the Black community and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women. Display Title A resolution recognizing the week of April 11 through April 17, 2019, as "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the Black community and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women. Official Title as Introduced A resolution recognizing the week of April 11 through April 17, 2019, as "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the Black community and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres154is/xml/BILLS-116sres154is.xml 2019-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2390) 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.