HR 6238
Nih improve act
Nih Improve Act
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Bill overview
This bill establishes the NIH IMPROVE Initiative, a program within the National Institutes of Health focused on improving maternal health outcomes across the United States. The initiative aims to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity, particularly among populations experiencing health disparities. It will conduct research, implement community-based interventions, and identify risk factors to achieve these goals. The initiative is funded through authorized appropriations.
Key provisions
- Establishes the NIH IMPROVE Initiative.
- Focuses on reducing maternal mortality and morbidity.
- Aims to reduce health disparities in maternal health outcomes.
- Requires research into biological, behavioral, and other factors affecting maternal health.
- Supports community-based interventions for disproportionately affected women.
- Identifies risk factors and underlying mechanisms of maternal mortality and morbidity.
- Authorizes appropriations of $73,400,000 annually from 2026-2031.
Who is affected
- Pregnant women
- Postpartum women
- Healthcare providers
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Communities with high maternal mortality rates
Notable changes
- Creates a dedicated program within the NIH for maternal health research and intervention.
- Explicitly addresses health disparities in maternal health outcomes.
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Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] Norton
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 6238
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To establish the IMPROVE Initiative within the National Institutes of Health.
This Act may be cited as the NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone NIH IMPROVE Act
or the
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Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
IMPROVE Initiative(referred to in this section as the
Initiative).
The Initiative shall—
advance research to—
reduce preventable causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity;
improve health for pregnant and postpartum women before, during, and after pregnancy;
implementing and evaluating community-based interventions for disproportionately affected women; and
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $73,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031.