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This bill increases federal investment, coordination, data transparency, and support for nonclinical maternal health services—likely improving equity and reducing preventable maternal harms—while creating new federal costs, administrative burdens, and potential gaps in addressing direct clinical care or ensuring long-term program continuity.
Pregnant and postpartum people (including those with mental health and substance-use issues) gain stronger federal coordination, clearer tracking, and targeted services that are likely to reduce preventable maternal deaths and severe complications.
Community-based organizations and Tribal entities receive federal grant funding (authorized up to $100M/year) to expand maternal-health programs and capacity.
Increased transparency and data-driven oversight: annual reports, HHS reports to Congress, and public disaggregated data will reveal disparities and guide policy and funding decisions.
Taxpayers face increased federal spending (Task Force implementation plus authorized grants up to $100M/year), creating budget trade-offs or pressure for offsets.
States, grantees, and small community organizations will bear new administrative and reporting burdens (accreditation, Medicaid plan changes, annual disaggregated data), which can be resource-intensive and strain capacity.
Because the bill emphasizes nonclinical social determinants and has a broad Task Force scope, it may not fully address clinical care gaps—slowing actionable recommendations and limiting impact where clinical interventions are needed most.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Introduced March 19, 2026 by Jahana Hayes · Last progress March 19, 2026
Creates an HHS‑led federal Task Force and a competitive grant program to reduce preventable maternal deaths, severe maternal illness, and racial and geographic maternal health disparities by addressing nonclinical social determinants of maternal health (housing, transportation, nutrition, safety, environmental exposures, childcare, etc.). The Task Force will coordinate federal agencies and stakeholders, produce reports and recommendations, and is exempted from an automatic advisory‑committee termination rule. The grant program funds community‑based, Tribal, and public health partners to deliver nonclinical supports, requires annual public reporting with demographic data, and is authorized at $100 million per year for FY2027–2031.