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# Healthy MOM Act (HR 6242) - Summary **What the bill would do:** The Healthy MOM Act aims to improve maternal health outcomes by addressing maternal mortality and morbidity (serious health complications) in the United States. While specific provisions aren't detailed in the information available, bills with this title typically focus on expanding access to maternal healthcare services, improving care quality, addressing racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes, and providing resources for pregnancy-related conditions. **Who it affects:** This bill would primarily affect pregnant women and new mothers, particularly those in underserved communities where maternal health complications are more common.
It may also impact healthcare providers, hospitals, and state health programs that deliver maternal care services. **Current status:** As of now, HR 6242 is in committee, meaning it has been assigned to a congressional committee for review and discussion but has not yet been voted on by the full House of Representatives. The bill was introduced by Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ). *Note: More detailed information about specific provisions would require reviewing the full bill text, which wasn't provided here.*.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.