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119-hr-7912119th Congress

Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]

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Summary

Requires public disclosure of hospitals' policies on life-saving care for premature infants. The Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026 would require hospitals to post their rules about providing life-saving care for premature births and would require obstetric providers to tell patients those policies at the first prenatal visit. It would tie compliance to federal Medicaid and CHIP payments and apply 180 days after enactment.

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  • Families and pregnant people: Practitioners would have to disclose at the first prenatal visit whether a hospital has a minimum gestational age for life-saving care, whether decisions are case-by-case, and how transfers to a neonatal intensive care unit would be arranged.
  • Hospitals and obstetric providers: Hospitals would need to publicly post their neonatal life-saving care policies and make sure clinicians with admitting privileges give the required patient disclosures.
  • Medicaid, CHIP, and states: Hospitals and providers that serve Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program patients would be barred from receiving federal payments for care under those programs if they fail to meet the disclosure rules.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]

PA • R

Cosponsors

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