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Official title: To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 25, 2026 by Alma Adams · Last progress March 25, 2026
The bill directs new federal investments, training, reporting, and oversight to reduce racial and socioeconomic inequities in maternal health and extend postpartum protections, improving care for many birthing people — but it increases federal spending and provider reporting/administrative burdens and may produce uneven access and delayed, non‑uniform implementation.
Pregnant and postpartum people — especially Black, Indigenous, and other racial/ethnic minority birthing people — gain extended continuity of care by expanding the postpartum period to one year and by counting suicide, overdose, and SUD-related deaths in maternal mortality measures, increasing attention to maternal mental health and substance-use treatment.
Pregnant and postpartum people in underserved communities will get expanded community-based maternal health services and workforce support through new grant-funded programs and investments (including midwifery and perinatal workforce), improving access to culturally congruent care.
Healthcare providers and systems — particularly hospitals and clinics serving diverse populations — receive funding, recurring training, CEU-based education, and guidance to deliver culturally competent, trauma-informed maternity care, which can improve provider skills and reduce disparities.
Taxpayers — the federal budget will increase because the bill authorizes new and open-ended spending (including $100M/year for grants and multiple authorizations described as "such sums as necessary"), potentially adding to fiscal commitments without offsets.
Hospitals, clinics, and providers — significant administrative, reporting, and compliance burdens (data collection, deidentification, public posting, program administration) may create costs and divert provider time and resources away from clinical care.
Smaller community-based organizations and grassroots providers may be disadvantaged in competing for grants and meeting reporting requirements, with larger institutions, academic pipelines, or well-resourced systems more likely to capture funding and training opportunities.
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
Establishes grants, studies, facility compliance programs, and reporting to reduce maternal health disparities and to prevent bias and racism in maternity care.
Provides new federal grant programs, studies, reporting, and technical assistance to reduce maternal health disparities and to prevent bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care. It funds community-based organizations and health care facilities to build culturally and trauma-informed maternity care, supports workforce and perinatal supports, and requires federal studies and agency reports on implementation and outcomes. Creates a one-year outreach and technical assistance start-up period, authorizes multi-year funding for grant programs, directs the National Academies and HHS to study effective interventions, and requires GAO monitoring and annual reporting to Congress on program adoption and impacts.