II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1600 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2019 Ms. Harris (for herself, Ms. Hirono , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Jones , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Brown , Mr. Markey , Ms. Warren , Mr. Booker , Mr. Casey , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Cardin , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Wyden , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Stabenow , and Mrs. Gillibrand ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To support States in their work to end preventable morbidity and mortality in maternity care by using evidence-based quality improvement to protect the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period and to reduce neonatal and infant mortality, to eliminate racial disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.