YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityNIH maternal health research would be written into law, with up to $63.4 million a year through 2030.
Transparency & Accountability
The bill sets a funding target of $63.4 million a year for this research through fiscal year 2030. Keeping it funded after that would take a new act of Congress.
More about this bill
Most people would see no change in daily life from this bill. It would put an existing federal research program on maternal deaths into law. The National Institutes of Health already runs the program, called the IMPROVE Initiative. The bill would require NIH to keep it going. It would also set a funding target of $63.4 million a year from 2026 through 2030. Actual spending still depends on later votes in Congress. The program studies why women die or get very sick during and after pregnancy. It would also look at why death rates are much higher for some groups of women. Some of the money would pay for community programs, then test whether they work. The House passed the bill on July 20, 2026. The Senate received it and sent it to a committee.
Congressional Summary
NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Act or the NIH IMPROVE ActThis bill provides statutory authority for the National Institutes of Health to provide grants and other support for research on improving health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women, especially in populations that are disproportionately affected.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2026-07-09
- Date Added
- 2026-07-17
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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