[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5785]
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  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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