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This House resolution recognizes March 14, 2025 as Black Midwives Day and honors the historical and ongoing contributions of Black midwives to maternal and infant health.
It highlights racial disparities in maternal mortality, maternity care deserts, and benefits of midwife-led care.
The resolution encourages federal, state, and local governments to diversify the perinatal workforce, increase funding for midwifery education and preceptors, recognize midwives from all training pathways, authorize autonomous midwifery practice to the extent of training, and promote TRICARE and Medicaid coverage for midwife-provided maternity care.
House simple resolutions are nonbinding and do not create law; policy changes urged would require separate legislation and appropriations.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions primarily as a commemorative resolution that strongly and clearly frames the problem, honors Black midwives, and urges a range of policy and programmatic actions. It uses appropriate hortatory language for a nonbinding resolution but mixes symbolic recognition with substantial policy asks without providing the legislative detail those asks would require to be actionable.
Extent of federal role versus state licensure and oversight
Extent of federal role versus state licensure and oversight
Likely strongly supportive; views the resolution as an important recognition and a policy direction toward health equity.
Sees workforce diversification, funding, and removal of barriers to midwifery as concrete ways to reduce Black maternal mortality.
Generally supportive of recognizing disparities and improving access, but cautious about operational details.
Wants assurances on safety, licensure standards, and fiscal impacts before endorsing major regulatory changes.
Somewhat skeptical: supports honoring midwives but wary of federal encouragement to expand autonomous practice and insurance coverage.
Prefers state control, strict licensing, and attention to clinical safety and fiscal responsibility.
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House simple resolutions are nonbinding and do not create law; policy changes urged would require separate legislation and appropriations.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Extent of federal role versus state licensure and oversight
House simple resolutions are nonbinding and do not create law; policy changes urged would require separate legislation and appropriations.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions primarily as a commemorative resolution that strongly and clearly frames the problem, honors Black midwives, and urges a range of policy and programmatic ac…
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