HR-4217 : Still Just a Bill

Taskforce Recommending Improvements for Unaddressed Mental Perinatal & Postpartum Health for New Moms Act of 2021 or the TRIUMPH for New Moms Act of 2021

This bill temporarily establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the Task Force on Maternal Mental Health.

The task force must develop a national strategy for maternal mental health and report on best practices, policies, and programs to prevent, screen for, diagnose, treat, and reduce disparities in maternal mental health conditions. The report must identify opportunities for state- and local-level partnerships to address maternal mental health, and the task force must share those opportunities with state governors.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2021-06-30CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2021-06-29IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.House floor actions
2021-06-29IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Health
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  • Advisory bodies
  • Child health
  • Community life and organization
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Family services
  • Government information and archives
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Medicaid
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Mental health
  • Minority health
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • State and local government operations
  • Women's health

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