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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
HR2040119th CongressWALLET
NEWBORN Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced
Summary
Creates federal grants to fund local infant mortality pilot programs. It would award grants for up to five years to county, city, territorial, or Tribal health departments and to state health departments in centralized states. It prioritizes the 50 counties or groups of counties with the highest infant mortality based on the most recent three years of data and targets birth defects, preterm birth and low birth weight, sudden infant death, maternal pregnancy complications, and infant injuries.
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- Families: Funds outreach, counseling, and services to promote healthy pregnancies and full-term births, including postpartum support, infant care and feeding guidance, smoking cessation, substance treatment, nutrition, mental health, dental care, and parenting programs.
- Local and Tribal health departments: Enables community-specific plans, standardized systems to improve access and quality of social, educational, and clinical services, rural outreach, regional public education campaigns, and coordination with existing infant mortality efforts. Grants may run up to five years.
- Program administration and research: The Health Resources and Services Administration would award grants, require annual reports from recipients, and use those reports for program evaluation and statistical research. No more than 10% of grant funds in any fiscal year may be used for evaluation.
*Authorizes $10.0 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 for these pilot programs.*
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Local grants to cut infant deaths
If enacted, HHS would fund pilot grants to reduce infant deaths. It would authorize $10 million each year for 2025–2029, with grants lasting up to 5 years. County, city, territorial, Tribal, or some State health departments could apply. Priority would go to the 50 counties with the highest infant death rates and to projects on birth defects, preterm birth, sudden infant death, pregnancy complications, or infant injuries. Families in funded areas could see more outreach, counseling, postpartum care, and public education; grantees could use only up to 10% for evaluation and must report yearly.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
OH • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
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