,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgfh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ba1        
#bjai,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois
 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,mr4         
,doggett1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,castor
 of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of        
,california1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4       
,evans1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1    
,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4      
,larson of ,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,lewis1   
,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,ms4       
,snchez1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 and  
,mr4 ,suozzi7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend section #eaa of the
 ,social ,security ,act to reduce       
maternal mortality by continuing to     

invest in evidence-based home visiting  
models that are addressing the social   
determinants of maternal health and     
morbidity4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,home ,visiting to  
,reduce ,maternal ,mortality and        
,morbidity ,act4  #b4 ,increase in      
tribal set-aside percentage  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #eaa7;j77#b77;,a7 of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #gaa7;j77#b77;,a77 is amended 
by striking #c and inserting #f4  7b7   
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on     
,october #a1 #bjbj4  #c4 ,increase in   
funding ,section #eaa7;j77#a7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#gaa7;j77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 by     
striking and at the end of subparagraph 
7,g72 and  7#b7 by striking subparagraph
 7,h7 and inserting the following3  7,h7
 #djj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years  
#bjag through #bjbj2  7,i7 #fjj1jjj1jjj 
for fiscal year #bjba2 and  7,j7        
#hjj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbb4  4  

#d4 ,use of additional funds ,section   
#eaa7;c7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gaa7;c77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7#f7  
,use of certain funds ,to provide       
additional resources ,to address high   
rates of maternal mortality and         
morbidity1 support unmet needs          
identified by the needs assessment1 or  
increase allocations to ,states and     
territories based on relative population
 or poverty ,the ,secretary shall ensure
 that any amounts exceeding #djj1jjj1jjj
 that are used for grants under this    
subsection for a fiscal year are used   
to--  7,a7 provide additional funding   
priority to ,states1 tribes1 and        
territories to address high rates of    
maternal mortality and morbidity        
documented in needs assessments         
conducted under subsection 7b7 or       
performed under other ,federal programs2
  7,b7 address unmet needs identified by
 a needs assessment conducted under     
subsection 7b72 or  7,c7 increase the   

amounts allocated under this section to 
,states and to ,puerto ,rico1 ,guam1 the
 ,virgin ,islands1 the ,northern        
,mariana ,islands1 and ,american ,samoa1
 based on the proportion of children who
 have not attained #e years of age and  
are living in poverty4  4