Maternal Vaccinations Act

Bill: 118-s-1603
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
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: 2023-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Maternal Vaccinations 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> <p />

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1603 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2023 Mr. Kaine introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maternal Vaccinations 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 .