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The bill expands outreach, funding, and provider engagement to increase vaccination among pregnant and postpartum people (and their children), improving maternal and child health at the cost of modest additional federal spending, some administrative burden on health systems, and increased complexity around targeted outreach to minority groups.
Pregnant and postpartum people will receive expanded outreach, education, and funding that increases access to recommended vaccines, and their children are more likely to receive timely vaccinations, reducing infection risk and improving maternal and child health.
Obstetric and pediatric providers and health systems will have increased engagement and resources to deliver vaccines in prenatal and perinatal settings, making it easier for patients to be vaccinated during routine care.
Hospitals and clinics may need to reallocate staff time and resources for outreach and data collection, creating modest administrative burdens for health systems.
Targeted outreach to specific racial or ethnic groups could require culturally tailored materials and face increased scrutiny or legal challenges, adding complexity and costs and potentially affecting trust with minority communities if mishandled.
All taxpayers would bear an estimated additional federal cost of about $2 million per year to expand the program compared with prior authorization.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Expands and extends federal maternal vaccination outreach, adds maternal vaccination activities to CDC immunization authority, and authorizes $7M annually for FY2027–FY2031.
Expands and extends federal work to promote vaccinations for pregnant and postpartum people and their children by amending existing public health authorities. It broadens language to explicitly include obstetric settings, adds maternal vaccination activities to the CDC’s immunization authority, and raises the authorized funding level to $7 million per year for a future five-year period.
Introduced March 27, 2026 by Terri Sewell · Last progress March 27, 2026