United States · Bill · S
S. 1710 (118th)
Perinatal Workforce Act
Introduced
18 May 2023
Last action
18 May 2023 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Subjects
Healthcare, Education
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Perinatal Workforce Act This bill establishes programs and requires research to diversify the perinatal workforce and advance respectful maternal care delivery models. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to education and training programs to grow and diversify the professions that make up the perinatal workforce. HHS must also disseminate guidance on respectful maternal care delivery. This guidance must cover, among other topics, recruiting and retaining maternity care providers from diverse backgrounds and incorporating trained midwives and other perinatal health workers into maternity care teams. In addition, the National Institutes of Health must study best practices for culturally and linguistically congruent maternity care. This is care that is in agreement with the preferred cultural values, beliefs, languages, worldview, and practices of health care consumers and other stakeholders. The Government Accountability Office must also report on certain aspects of perinatal health care professions. The report must focus on barriers to entering those professions for low-income and minority women.
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Timeline
18 May 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
18 May 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 18 May 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act
- related to → Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act
- related to ← Perinatal Workforce Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1710
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1710
- us · 118-s-1710 · source updated 5 December 2025