Social Determinants for Moms Act
Sponsored By: Representative Hayes
Introduced
Summary
Social determinants of maternal health are the focus of this bill. It would create a federal Task Force and fund community grants to tackle housing, food, safety, and other nonmedical drivers of maternal deaths and severe maternal illness.
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- Families: Pregnant and postpartum people would gain support for nonclinical needs like housing, transportation, nutrition, employment, environmental risks, and services for intimate partner violence during the one-year postpartum period.
- Community and Tribal organizations: Community-based groups, Indian Tribes, Urban Indian organizations, public health departments, nonprofits, or consortia could receive grants. Grants would prioritize areas with high maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, disparities, or high poverty and require grantees to report disaggregated outcomes.
- Federal coordination and accountability: An HHS-led Task Force with 17 ex officio agency members would coordinate actions across health, housing, transportation, environment, and justice. The Task Force must deliver a report to Congress within two years and then annually.
*Authorizes $100 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, totaling $500 million in authorized appropriations.*
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Federal grants for pregnant and new mothers
This bill would create a competitive HHS grant program to fund community and Tribal groups that help pregnant and postpartum people. Grants could pay for housing supports, rides to prenatal and postpartum care, healthy food, job and economic supports, environmental fixes, intimate-partner violence services, and free drop-in childcare for appointments. Eligible recipients include community-based organizations, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, public health departments, nonprofits, and consortia. HHS would provide technical help to sustain programs. Grantees must report within 1 year of their first award and annually after that. The bill would authorize $100 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 and require an HHS summary report to Congress by the end of FY2031.
HHS task force on maternal health
This bill would require the HHS Secretary to convene a Task Force to coordinate federal action to eliminate preventable maternal deaths, severe maternal morbidity, and disparities. The group would include 17 named federal agencies and could add patients, community leaders, Tribal health leaders, perinatal health workers, and diverse maternity care providers. The Task Force would publish a public report not later than two years after enactment and then annual reports. Reports must describe coordination, actions by member agencies, and recommend federal funding amounts and authorities and actions for nonfederal partners.
Clear maternal health definitions and providers
This bill would define key maternal health terms used across the program. "Postpartum" would mean the 1-year period after pregnancy. "Maternal mortality," "pregnancy-related death," and "severe maternal morbidity" would explicitly include deaths and conditions from mental health and substance use disorders attributed to or aggravated by pregnancy. The bill would define who counts as a maternity care provider and would recognize certain doulas accredited for Medicaid reimbursement and International Board‑certified lactation consultants. It would also define "perinatal health worker" and "social determinants of maternal health."
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Hayes
CT • D
Cosponsors
Amo
RI • D
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Beatty
OH • D
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Bell
MO • D
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Carson
IN • D
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Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
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Clarke (NY)
NY • D
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Conaway
NJ • D
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Craig
MN • D
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DelBene
WA • D
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Dingell
MI • D
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Figures
AL • D
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Garamendi
CA • D
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Garcia (IL)
IL • D
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Grijalva
AZ • D
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Horsford
NV • D
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Ivey
MD • D
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Jackson (IL)
IL • D
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Jacobs
CA • D
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Johnson (GA)
GA • D
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Johnson (TX)
TX • D
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Kamlager-Dove
CA • D
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Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
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Latimer
NY • D
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McBath
GA • D
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McGarvey
KY • D
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McIver
NJ • D
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Cohen
TN • D
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Menefee
TX • D
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Moore (WI)
WI • D
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Moulton
MA • D
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
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Pressley
MA • D
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Scott (VA)
VA • D
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Sewell
AL • D
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Smith (WA)
WA • D
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Stansbury
NM • D
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Tlaib
MI • D
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Soto
FL • D
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Underwood
IL • D
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Veasey
TX • D
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Watson Coleman
NJ • D
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Wilson (FL)
FL • D
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