Maternal Vaccination Act

Bill: 118-hr-3348
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-15
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Community life and organization

Congressional oversight

Foreign language and bilingual programs

Government information and archives

Health care quality

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Immunology and vaccination

Minority health

Performance measurement

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Maternal Vaccination Act</strong></p> <p>This bill includes a focus on pregnant and postpartum individuals in existing public health activities to increase vaccination rates.</p> <p>First, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must incorporate a focus on pregnant and postpartum individuals, including by disseminating information to obstetric health care providers, into its existing public awareness campaign about the importance of vaccinations. The bill also reauthorizes this campaign through FY2028.</p> <p>Second, the bill expressly allows certain project grants for preventive health services to be used for activities to increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals (and their children).</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3348 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2023 Ms. Sewell (for herself, Ms. Underwood , Mr. Aguilar , Mr. Allred , Ms. Barragán , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Ms. Brownley , Ms. Budzinski , Ms. Bush , Ms. Caraveo , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Carson , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Craig , Ms. Kamlager-Dove , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Ms. Kuster , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Lieu , Ms. Lofgren , Mrs. McBath , Mrs. McClellan , Ms. McCollum , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Meng , Mr. Mfume , Mr. Morelle , Mr. Moulton , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Mrvan , Mr. Mullin , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Payne , Mr. Phillips , Ms. Porter , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Ruppersberger , Ms. Salinas , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Schneider , Ms. Scholten , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Soto , Ms. Spanberger , Ms. Stansbury , Ms. Strickland , Mrs. Sykes , Mr. Takano , Ms. Crockett , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Evans , Mrs. Foushee , Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Green of Texas , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Horsford , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Ivey , Mr. Jackson of Illinois , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Jacobs , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Tokuda , Mr. Tonko , Mrs. Torres of California , Mrs. Trahan , Mr. Trone , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Veasey , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Wexton , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mr. Pascrell , Ms. DelBene , and Mr. Lynch ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to maternal vaccination awareness and equity, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maternal Vaccination Act . 2. Maternal vaccination awareness and equity campaign (a) Campaign Section 313 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 245 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting and among pregnant and postpartum individuals, after low rates of vaccination, ; (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking prenatal and pediatric and inserting prenatal, obstetric, and pediatric ; (3) in subsection (d)(4)(B), by inserting pregnant and postpartum individuals and after including ; and (4) in subsection (g), by striking $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 and inserting $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 . (b) Additional activities Section 317(k)(1)(E) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(1)(E) ) is amended— (1) in clause (v), by striking and at the end; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (vii) increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals, including individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups, and their children; and .