IMPACT to Save Moms Act

1395x(aa))); (8) researchers and policy experts in fields related to maternity care payment models; and (9) any other stakeholders as the Secretary determines appropriate, with a particular focus on stakeholders from demographic groups with elevated rates of maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, maternal health disparities, or other adverse perinatal or childbirth outcomes. (c) Considerations.--In establishing the Demonstration Project, the Secretary shall consider any alternative payment model that-- (1) is designed to improve maternal health outcomes for individuals from demographic groups with elevated rates of maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, maternal health disparities, or other adverse perinatal or childbirth outcomes; (2) includes methods for stratifying patients by pregnancy risk level and, as appropriate, adjusting payments under such model to take into account pregnancy risk level, including consideration of the appropriate transfer of patients by pregnancy risk level; (3) establishes evidence-based quality metrics for such payments; (4) includes consideration of nonhospital birth settings such as freestanding birth centers (as so defined); (5) includes consideration of social determinants of maternal health; (6) includes diverse maternity care teams that include-- (A) maternity care providers, mental and behavioral health care providers acting in accordance with State law, and registered dietitians or nutrition professionals (as such term is defined in section 1395x(vv)(2) of title 42, United States Code)-- (i) from racially, ethnically, and professionally diverse backgrounds; (ii) with experience practicing in racially and ethnically diverse communities; or (iii) who have undergone training on implicit bias and racism; and (B) perinatal health workers; or (7) includes consideration of maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders. (d) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the Demonstration Project, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (e) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the Demonstration Project to determine the impact of the Demonstration Project on-- (1) maternal health outcomes, with data stratified by race, ethnicity, primary language, socioeconomic status, geography, insurance type, and other factors as the Secretary determines appropriate; (2) spending on maternity care by States participating in the Demonstration Project; (3) to the extent practicable, qualitative and quantitative measures of patient experience; and (4) any other areas of assessment that the Secretary determines relevant. (f) Report.--Not later than one year after the completion or termination date of the Demonstration Project, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress, and make publicly available, a report containing-- (1) the results of any evaluation conducted under subsection (e); and (2) a recommendation regarding whether the Demonstration Project should be continued after fiscal year 2031 and expanded on a national basis. (g) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Alternative payment model.--The term ``alternative payment model'' has the meaning given such term in section 1833(z)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(z)(3)(C)). (2) Maternal mortality.--The term ``maternal mortality'' means a death occurring during or within a 1-year period after pregnancy, caused by pregnancy-related or childbirth complications, including a suicide, overdose, or other death resulting from a mental health or substance use disorder attributed to or aggravated by pregnancy-related or childbirth complications. (3) Maternity care provider.--The term ``maternity care provider'' means a health care provider who-- (A) is a physician, a physician assistant, a midwife who meets, at a minimum, the international definition of a midwife and global standards for midwifery education as established by the International Confederation of Midwives, an advanced practice registered nurse, a doula accredited by a State to receive reimbursement for doula services under a State plan (or a waiver of such plan) under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), or a lactation consultant certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners; and (B) has a focus on maternal or perinatal health. (4) Perinatal.--The term ``perinatal'' means the period beginning on the day an individual becomes pregnant and ending on the last day of the 1-year period beginning on the last day of such individual's pregnancy. (5) Perinatal health worker.--The term ``perinatal health worker'' means a nonclinical health worker focused on maternal or perinatal health, such as a doula, community health worker, peer supporter, lactation educator or counselor, nutritionist or dietitian, childbirth educator, social worker, home visitor, patient navigator or coordinator, or language interpreter. (6) Postpartum and postpartum period.--The terms ``postpartum'' and ``postpartum period'' refer to the 1-year period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy of an individual. (7) Severe maternal morbidity.--The term ``severe maternal morbidity'' means a health condition, including mental health conditions and substance use disorders, attributed to or aggravated by pregnancy or childbirth that results in significant short-term or long-term consequences to the health of the individual who was pregnant. (8) Social determinants of maternal health.--The term ``social determinants of maternal health'' means nonclinical factors that impact maternal health outcomes. (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. <all>