Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020 

Black mothers are dying at THREE TIMES the rate of white women in the United States.  To address this important issue, members of Congress, led by the Black Maternal Health Caucus, have introduced a series of bills to comprehensively address every aspect of the Black maternal health crisis.

The Momnibus is composed of nine individual bills that will address issues such as social determinants of health, maternal mental health, and healthcare for incarcerated women by making investments in community-based organizations, the perinatal workforce, telehealth, and innovative payment models.
The Black Maternal Health Momnibus is composed of nine individual bills sponsored by Black Maternal Health Caucus Members. The legislation will:
  1. Make critical investments in social determinants of health that influence maternal health outcomes, like housing, transportation, and nutrition. (H.R. 6132)
  2. Provide funding to community-based organizations that are working to improve maternal health outcomes for Black women. (H.R. 6144)
  3. Comprehensively study the unique maternal health risks facing women veterans and invest in VA maternity care coordination. (H.R. 6141)
  4. Grow and diversify the perinatal workforce to ensure that every mom in America receives maternity care and support from people she can trust. (H.R. 6164)
  5. Improve data collection processes and quality measures to better understand the causes of the maternal health crisis in the United States and inform solutions to address it. (H.R. 6155)
  6. Invest in maternal mental health care and substance use disorder treatments. (H.R. 6143)
  7. Improve maternal health care and support for incarcerated women. (H.R. 6129)
  8. Invest in digital tools like telehealth to improve maternal health outcomes in underserved areas. (H.R. 6138)
  9. Promote innovative payment models to incentivize high-quality maternity care and continuity of health insurance coverage from pregnancy through labor and delivery and up to 1 year postpartum. (H.R. 6137)
The Momnibus, put forward by the Black Maternal Health Caucus, has the potential to be transformative for Black maternal health because it goes beyond addressing maternal death and helps to advance maternal health equity. By centering black women-led organizations like BMMA in the process, this package takes a proactive approach to addressing many of the systematic public health challenges, workforce development issues, and everyday experiences of Black birthing persons before, during, and after pregnancy. Thank you to the Black Maternal Health Caucus for prioritizing the needs of those most impacted by the maternal health crisis in the United States. - Angela Aina, Interim Executive Director of the Black Mamas Matter Alliance