Maternal Vaccination Act

Full Title:
Maternal Vaccination Act

Summary#

This bill changes parts of the Public Health Service Act to focus more on vaccination awareness and equity for pregnant and postpartum individuals. It adds pregnant and postpartum people to an existing vaccination awareness campaign, expands provider categories to include obstetric providers, and inserts language to include pregnant and postpartum people in program activities. The bill also raises the authorized funding level for the campaign from $15,000,000 (previously for 2021–2025) to $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031. Finally, it adds a new activity to increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals, including individuals from racial minority groups, and their children.

What it means for you#

  • Pregnant and postpartum people: The campaign would explicitly include you as a target group for outreach and education about vaccines.
  • Health providers: Obstetric providers are added to the list of provider types included in outreach and materials.
  • Communities of color: The bill adds language to focus on increasing vaccination rates among racial minority groups and their children.
  • Other effects on services or access: No publicly available information.

Expenses#

  • The bill sets an authorized funding level of $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for the amended section of the Public Health Service Act.
  • The prior statutory figure shown in the text was $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025; this bill replaces that with the $17,000,000 figure for 2027–2031.
  • No publicly available information on total costs, savings, or an official budget score (for example, from the Congressional Budget Office).

Proponents' View#

Based on the bill text, supporters aim to expand vaccination awareness and equity by explicitly including pregnant and postpartum individuals and obstetric providers in outreach efforts, and by increasing authorized funding to support those efforts. The text also adds a directed activity to increase vaccination rates among pregnant and postpartum people, including racial minority groups, and their children.

Opponents' View#

No publicly available information.