1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Act or the NIH IMPROVE Act . 2. IMPROVE Initiative Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 281 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 452H. IMPROVE initiative (a) In general The Director of the Institute shall continue to carry out the IMPROVE initiative (referred to in this section as the Initiative ) through the Institute for the following: (1) Advancing research to— (A) reduce preventable causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity; (B) reduce racial, ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic disparities in maternal health outcomes; and (C) improve health for pregnant and postpartum individuals before, during, and after pregnancy. (2) Using an integrated approach to understand the biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and structural factors that affect maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity by building an evidence base for improved care and outcomes in specific regions of the United States. (3) Targeting health disparities associated with maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity by— (A) implementing and evaluating community-based interventions for disproportionately affected individuals