United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6144 (116th)
Kira Johnson Act
Introduced
9 March 2020
Last action
9 March 2020 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsors
Alma Adams, Lauren Underwood, Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5], Gwen Moore, WM. CLAY, Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Al Lawson, Karen Bass, David Trone, Abby Finkenauer, Debra Haaland, Raúl Grijalva, Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Gerald Connolly, Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3], ALCEE HASTINGS, Dwight Evans, G. K. Butterfield, Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29], Brenda Lawrence, LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Jahana Hayes, Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Kira Johnson Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to improve outcomes and reduce bias, racism, and discrimination in maternal care settings. Specifically, HHS must award grants to (1) community-based programs to improve maternal health outcomes for African American women, (2) eligible entities to provide certain training to health care providers and others who work in maternity care settings, and (3) specified health care facilities to establish respectful maternity care compliance offices. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine must study issues related to the training programs, and the Government Accountability Office must study the implementation and impact of the compliance offices.
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Timeline
9 March 2020
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 March 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 March 2020
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 March 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 9 March 2020
Sponsors
- Alma Adams · D · Sponsor
- Lauren Underwood · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · D · Sponsor
- Gwen Moore · D · Sponsor
- WM. CLAY · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] · D · Sponsor
- Al Lawson · D · Sponsor
- Karen Bass · D · Cosponsor
- David Trone · D · Cosponsor
- Abby Finkenauer · D · Cosponsor
- Debra Haaland · D · Cosponsor
- Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] · D · Cosponsor
- Gerald Connolly · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] · D · Cosponsor
- ALCEE HASTINGS · D · Cosponsor
- Dwight Evans · D · Cosponsor
- G. K. Butterfield · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] · D · Cosponsor
- Brenda Lawrence · D · Cosponsor
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD · D · Cosponsor
- Jahana Hayes · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020
- related to ← Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6144
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6144
- us · 116-hr-6144 · source updated 3 January 2025