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H.R. 1966119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Mar 6, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Mamas and Babies in Underserved Communities Act of 2025
Introduced:
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HR 1966 would create federal grants for clinics serving low-income and minority communities to expand maternal and newborn care from 2026 to 2030.
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This bill would let the federal government award grants to qualifying health care providers to expand maternal care. Covered services include prenatal care, newborn care in the first year of life, and postpartum care for mothers in the year after giving birth. Grant recipients must deliver services in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways and may spend no more than 10% of grant funds on administrative costs.
Eligible providers are public and nonprofit health care organizations that serve low-income, minority, or medically underserved communities. Priority would go to providers physically located within those communities, primarily serving them, and led by people with personal ties to them.
Without this bill, providers in underserved communities would not have access to this federal grant funding. If passed, it could increase the availability of maternal and newborn health services in communities that currently have fewer of them.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.