Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2025

This bill aims to improve how hospitals and birthing centers support people considering adoption. It tells the U.S. health agency to create clear, easy-to-use resources about adoption, including a public webpage for health care workers, and to share these nationwide. The resources must be developed by a committee of adoption experts, such as maternal health and child welfare specialists, social workers, hospital case managers, and adoption attorneys. The bill is responding to gaps in care, like the fact that most nurses report having no professional training on adoption sensitivities.

Hospitals and birthing centers would also get education and professional development for their staff who work with expectant and birth mothers and potential adoptive families. The agency can provide this directly or through grants. Any group receiving a grant must be a health care–based nonprofit focused on adoption, partner with hospitals and community groups, offer non-directive education, and cannot be a child-placing agency, provide or refer for abortions, or have a stake in any particular pregnancy outcome. The agency must track results, including how many hospitals start adoption-sensitive programs and how many providers are trained, and report on this within three years. The bill sets aside $5 million for fiscal years 2026–2029.

Key points

• Who is affected: Hospital and birthing center staff; expectant and birth mothers; potential adoptive families.
• What changes: National adoption resources and a public webpage; training and consultation for providers; grants with strict rules for who can receive them; progress tracked and reported.
• When and funding: $5 million authorized for 2026–2029; a results report due in three years.