Congress funds maternal mortality data collection and community oversight.
H.R. 8080 — Data to Save Moms Act · Filed by Sharice Davids (D-KS) · 45 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 25, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill funds and improves maternal mortality data collection, review processes, and quality measures across the U.S. health system. It allocates $10 million annually (2027–2031) to state and tribal maternal mortality review committees to increase community engagement and diversity in membership, particularly from racial and ethnic minorities; requires HHS to review and recommend improvements to maternal health data collection and quality measures within one year; funds a $2 million study on maternal health outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native individuals; and provides $10 million annually (2027–2031) to minority-serving institutions to research maternal mortality disparities and solutions.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is appropriating federal funds to improve maternal health data collection, review processes, and research, with explicit focus on reducing disparities in maternal mortality among racial and ethnic minorities and American Indian/Alaska Native populations. It is a straightforward public health investment.
What the text implies
- Maternal mortality review committees will gain authority to consult with community-based organizations and nonclinical experts, potentially shifting power away from purely clinical decision-making toward lived-experience input—a structural change in how maternal deaths are investigated.
- The bill mandates review of 'severe maternal morbidity' and mental health/substance use deaths 'to the extent practicable,' creating new reporting obligations that may reveal previously undocumented harms and shift resource allocation.
- Funding for minority-serving institutions to study maternal mortality may generate research challenging current data classification practices (e.g., misclassification of Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native deaths), potentially revising historical mortality statistics.
- The requirement that maternal mortality review committees assess 'social determinants' and 'nonclinical factors' may implicate systemic inequities in housing, employment, and violence—issues outside traditional medical scope—and create pressure for cross-agency coordination.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill directly addresses a public health crisis (maternal mortality and morbidity) by funding data collection, community engagement, and research focused on racial and ethnic disparities. Citizens—particularly pregnant and postpartum individuals from minority groups—gain better oversight of maternal health outcomes, more inclusive review processes, and evidence-based policy recommendations. No restrictions on citizen rights or remedies are imposed.
Who stands to gain
- state and tribal maternal mortality review committees
- minority-serving institutions (research centers, health professions schools)
- independent research organizations and tribal epidemiology centers
- community-based organizations providing maternal health support
Named in the bill
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Indian Health Service, National Quality Forum, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, minority-serving institutions, maternal mortality review committees
Where it stands
45 cosponsors: 45 Democrats.
- Mar 25, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 25, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $30,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 3 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Sharice Davids, the sponsor, reported $904,155 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Jag Consulting, LLC — $30,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (24,686 characters) on Apr 14, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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