Establishes a three-year pilot program to prevent and mitigate obstetric discrimination in maternity care.
Establishes the Obstetric Discrimination Prevention and Mitigation Pilot Program within the Department of Human Services. The program will involve selected maternity care hospitals and licensed birthing centers using a perinatal quality improvement measurement tool. This tool will recognize obstetric discrimination as an adverse event, evaluate its impact on Black mothers, and improve maternal health care. The program will be funded through NJ FamilyCare using a value-based payment methodology.
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