A Republican bill with 4 Democratic cosponsors · See all 4 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill seeks to establish the IMPROVE Initiative within the National Institutes of Health. The program focuses on improving maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. It aims to advance research to reduce preventable causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. Additionally, the initiative targets health disparities and aims to improve health for women before, during, and after pregnancy. The Director of NIH will implement this through various methods such as grants or contracts. The bill authorizes $73,400,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2031.
Yes· 3 of 6
- Scored +7
Would women be better off under this?
The bill establishes a specific initiative to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce preventable pregnancy-related deaths.
- Scored +7
Does this put more money into medical research?
The bill authorizes $73,400,000 annually through 2031 to advance research into maternal mortality and morbidity.
- Scored +5
Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?
The initiative specifically targets the reduction of health disparities associated with populations facing disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Maternal Health Outcomes: The initiative aims to reduce preventable causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (Section 2(b)(1)(A)). This could save lives and improve the health of mothers.
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Reduction of Health Disparities: The program intends to reduce health disparities related to maternal health outcomes, specifically for populations with disproportionately high rates of mortality and morbidity (Section 2(b)(1)(B)).
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Comprehensive Care for Women: The initiative works to improve health for pregnant and postpartum women before, during, and after pregnancy (Section 2(b)(1)(C)).
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Community-Based Support: The initiative targets disparities by implementing and evaluating community-based interventions for disproportionately affected women (Section 2(b)(3)(A)).
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Scientific Understanding of Risks: By identifying risk factors and underlying biological mechanisms, the program seeks to understand the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity (Section 2(b)(3)(B)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly mentioned in the text provided.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would women be better off under this? — The bill establishes a specific initiative to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce preventable pregnancy-related deaths. Would Black Americans be better off under this? — The bill addresses health disparities and maternal mortality rates that disproportionately affect many minority populations. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill aims to reduce health disparities that often disproportionately affect low-income and marginalized populations.
- Healthcare
- Does this put more money into medical research? — The bill authorizes $73,400,000 annually through 2031 to advance research into maternal mortality and morbidity. Does this make health care easier to get in general? — The bill funds research and community-based interventions to improve health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated? — The initiative specifically targets the reduction of health disparities associated with populations facing disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality.
- 7/14/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/16/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 12/18/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 11/20/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
3 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Cory BookerDemocrat · New Jersey
Jon OssoffDemocrat · Georgia
Raphael WarnockDemocrat · Georgia
Mark WarnerDemocrat · Virginia