Summary

Creates a national pregnancy support clearinghouse website and reporting system, sets up grant programs for pregnancy and postpartum services and telehealth equipment (excluding entities that perform or support abortions), and allows States to establish and enforce child support obligations against the biological father of an unborn child at the mother's request. It requires state reporting, federal compilation and publication of lists and funding opportunities, authorizes grant funding with monitoring and reporting, and adds new child‑support rules and safeguards tied into State court processes.

Key Points

• Creates pregnancy.gov as a federal clearinghouse of state-submitted lists of private nonprofit child‑placing agencies and federal pregnancy support funding opportunities.
• Conditions State eligibility for adoption and guardianship incentive payments on annual submission of agency lists to the federal clearinghouse.
• Authorizes a "Positive alternatives for women" grant program to provide counseling, referrals, and direct services for pregnant and postpartum women.
• Establishes a telehealth grant/cooperative agreement program to buy equipment for at‑home prenatal and postnatal telehealth visits.
• Prohibits entities that perform or support abortions from receiving funds under the new grant programs.
• Allows States, at a mother’s request, to establish and enforce child support obligations against the biological father of an unborn child, with court oversight and safety protections.
• Requires federal monitoring and annual reports to Congress about missing agencies from state lists and state disciplinary actions.
• Authorizes funding and sets program definitions, privacy rules, monitoring, and reporting requirements for the new grant programs.

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