Tech to Save Moms Act

This bill adds telehealth tools for pregnant people and new mothers on Medicaid to the list of payment and care models that the federal Medicare and Medicaid innovation center may test, covering pregnancy and up to one year after. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award one 5-year grant to train maternity care providers through video-based group learning models in shortage, rural, underserved, and Tribal areas, with $6 million authorized each year from 2027 through 2031. It also creates a second single 5-year grant, with another $6 million a year, to expand digital tools such as early warning systems to reduce maternal health disparities. The bill requires the department to seek a study by the National Academies on the use of technology, including artificial intelligence and pulse oximeters, in maternity care and on racial or ethnic bias, with a report to Congress within 24 months.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Nikema Williams Democrat sponsor
• 25 cosponsors