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The bill aims to reduce maternal mortality and disparities by funding community supports, improving coordination, and expanding definitions and reporting, while raising costs and administrative burdens for federal/state governments and risking uneven access and sustainability without further funding and implementation safeguards.
Pregnant and postpartum people nationwide gain targeted strategies and expanded nonclinical supports (housing, transportation, nutrition, peer support) intended to reduce preventable maternal deaths and severe maternal illness.
Racially and ethnically minoritized communities and other underserved groups receive prioritized input and required disaggregated outcome tracking, improving accountability and the ability to target and measure reductions in maternal health disparities.
Community-based organizations, Tribal entities, perinatal workers, and diverse maternity providers receive dedicated federal funding, participation opportunities, and technical assistance to expand maternal health programs and increase service continuity.
Taxpayers and state budgets face increased costs from new grant funding (including $100M/year FY2027–FY2031), expanded reporting, and potential Medicaid program impacts, which could crowd out other priorities if no offsets are provided.
Federal and state agencies, and maternity care providers, may face significant administrative burdens to produce reports, coordinate across agencies, update surveillance and Medicaid reimbursement policies, and implement new program requirements.
Smaller community organizations and some Medicaid beneficiaries risk reduced access because grant application, reporting, and data-disaggregation requirements and state-by-state variation in who qualifies as a reimbursable nonclinical provider could limit who receives funds and services.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Creates a Task Force, funds competitive grants to address social determinants of maternal health, defines maternal health terms, and authorizes $100M/year for FY2027–FY2031.
Introduced March 19, 2026 by Jahana Hayes · Last progress March 19, 2026
Creates a federal Task Force to coordinate federal and community action on preventable maternal deaths, severe maternal illness, and racial and other disparities in maternal health. Authorizes competitive grants to community organizations, Tribal and Urban Indian organizations, public health departments, and partner nonprofits to fund nonclinical interventions that address social drivers of maternal health (housing, food, transportation, childcare, violence prevention, etc.). Requires public reporting, data disaggregation, technical assistance, and defines key maternal health terms, including an expanded one-year postpartum period and inclusion of mental health and substance use in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity definitions.