Sec. 202. Training for all employees in maternity care settings
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Part B of title VII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary shall award grants for programs to reduce and prevent bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care settings. In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for programs that would— apply to all birthing professionals and any employees who interact with pregnant and postpartum women in the provider setting, including front desk employees, sonographers, schedulers, health care professionals, hospital or health system administrators, and security staff; emphasize periodic, as opposed to one-time, trainings for all birthing professionals and employees described in paragraph (1); address implicit bias and explicit bias; be delivered in ongoing education settings for providers maintaining their licenses, with a preference for trainings that provide continuing education units and continuing medical education; include trauma-informed care best practices and an emphasis on shared decision making between providers and patients; include a service-learning component that sends providers to work in underserved communities to better understand patients’ lived experiences; be delivered in undergraduate programs that funnel into medical schools, like biology and pre-medicine majors; be delivered at local agencies (as defined in subsection
(b)of section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 )) that provide benefits or services under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by that section; integrate bias training in obstetric emergency simulation trainings; offer training to all maternity care providers on the value of racially, ethnically, and professionally diverse maternity care teams to provide culturally congruent care, including doulas, community health workers, peer supporters, certified lactation consultants, nutritionists and dietitians, social workers, home visitors, and navigators; or be based on one or more programs designed by a historically Black college or university. To seek a grant under subsection (a), an entity shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Each recipient of a grant under this section shall annually submit to the Secretary a report on the status of activities conducted using the grant, including, as applicable, a description of the impact of training provided through the grant on patient outcomes and patient experience for women of color and their families. Based on the annual reports submitted pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary— shall produce an annual report on the findings resulting from programs funded through this section; shall disseminate such report to all recipients of grants under this section and to the public; and may include in such report findings on best practices for improving patient outcomes and patient experience for women of color and their families in maternity care settings. In this section: The term postpartum means the 1-year period beginning on the last day of a woman’s pregnancy. The term culturally congruent means in agreement with the preferred cultural values, beliefs, worldview, and practices of the health care consumer and other stakeholders. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. .
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