NIH IMPROVE Act

This bill would add a section to federal public health law directing the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue a maternal health research program called the IMPROVE Initiative. The program would fund research to reduce preventable maternal deaths and severe pregnancy-related health problems, reduce differences in maternal health outcomes between population groups, and improve health for women before, during, and after pregnancy. It would also test community-based programs for affected women and study risk factors and biological causes of maternal death and illness. The NIH could award grants, contracts, and other agreements to do this work, and the bill authorizes $73.4 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2031.

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Sponsors

• Katie Boyd Britt Republican sponsor
• 4 cosponsors