The bill establishes the 'IMPROVE Initiative' to advance research and reduce maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, with a focus on improving health for pregnant and postpartum women, addressing health disparities, and implementing community-based interventions. It aims to understand the factors affecting maternal health outcomes and target disparities, authorizing appropriations of $63,400,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030. This initiative will be carried out through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under the National Institutes of Health.
NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Act or the NIH IMPROVE Act
This 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.