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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced June 5, 2025 by Jared Golden · Last progress June 5, 2025
Requires health plans to include comprehensive maternity and newborn care as an essential health benefit and bans any cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, and postpartum services. Postpartum care is defined to run for 1 year after a pregnancy ends, and the rules take effect for plan years that begin on or after the date of enactment.