Sec. 515. Interagency coordinating committee on the promotion of optimal maternity outcomes
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Part A of title II of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 202 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health under section 229 and in collaboration with the Federal officials specified in subsection (b), shall establish the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Promotion of Optimal Maternity Outcomes (referred to in this subsection as the ICCPOM ).
The officials specified in this subsection are the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Surgeon General, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Agency, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Director of the Indian Health Service, the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Director of the National Institute on Child Health and Development, the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and such other Federal officials as the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines to be appropriate.
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health shall serve as the chair of the ICCPOM. The ICCPOM shall guide policy and program development across the Federal Government with respect to promotion of optimal maternity care, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed as transferring regulatory or program authority from an agency to the ICCPOM. The ICCPOM shall actively seek the input of, and shall consult with, all appropriate and interested stakeholders, including State health departments, public health research and interest groups, foundations, childbearing women and their advocates, and maternity care professional associations and organizations, reflecting racially, ethnically, demographically, and geographically diverse communities.
The Secretary, on behalf of the ICCPOM, shall annually submit to Congress a report that summarizes— all programs and policies of Federal agencies (including the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act) designed to promote optimal maternity care, focusing particularly on programs and policies that support the adoption of evidence based maternity care, as defined by timely, scientifically sound systematic reviews; all programs and policies of Federal agencies (including the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act) designed to address the problems of maternal mortality and morbidity, infant mortality, prematurity, and low birth weight, including such programs and policies designed to address racial and ethnic disparities with respect to each of such problems; the extent of progress in reducing maternal mortality and infant mortality, low birth weight, and prematurity at State and national levels; and such other information regarding optimal maternity care as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
The information specified in subparagraph
(C)shall be included in each such report in a manner that disaggregates such information by race, ethnicity, and indigenous status in order to determine the extent of progress in reducing racial and ethnic disparities and disparities related to indigenous status. Each report under paragraph
(1)shall include information (disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and indigenous status, as applicable) on the following rates and costs by State: The rate of primary cesarean deliveries and repeat cesarean deliveries. The rate of vaginal births after cesarean. The rate of vaginal breech births. The rate of induction of labor. The rate of freestanding birth center births. The rate of planned and unplanned home birth. The rate of attended births by provider, including by an obstetrician-gynecologist, family practice physician, obstetrician-gynecologist physician assistant, certified nurse-midwife, certified midwife, and certified professional midwife. The cost of maternity care disaggregated by place of birth and provider of care, including— uncomplicated vaginal birth; complicated vaginal birth; uncomplicated cesarean birth; and complicated cesarean birth. There is authorized to be appropriated, in addition to such amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 229(e), to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2019. . Section 229(b) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 237a(b) ), as amended, is amended— in paragraph (7), at the end, by striking and ; in paragraph (8), at the end, by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: establish the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Promotion of Optimal Maternity Outcomes in accordance with section 229A. . Section 229(d) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 237a(d) ) is amended by inserting (other than under subsection (b)(9)) after under this section .
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