Data to Save Moms Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4187 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4187 To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve maternal health data collection processes and quality measures, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 25, 2026 Ms. Smith (for herself, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve maternal health data collection processes and quality measures, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Data to Save Moms Act''. SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEES TO PROMOTE REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. (a) In General.--Section 317K(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-12(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(9) Grants to promote representative community engagement in maternal mortality review committees.-- ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may, using funds made available pursuant to subparagraph (C), provide assistance to an applicable maternal mortality review committee of a State, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or Urban Indian organization (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act)-- ``(i) to select for inclusion in the membership of such a committee community members from the State, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or Urban Indian organization by-- ``(I) prioritizing community members who can increase the diversity of the committee's membership with respect to race and ethnicity, location, personal o