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119-hr-9583119th CongressWALLET

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Kim, Young [R-CA-40]

Introduced

Summary

Scale up access to multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) for pregnant women globally. The bill would create a U.S. foreign assistance policy and program framework to expand MMS and other high-impact maternal and child health interventions while setting priority countries, reporting rules, and a five-year strategy with common performance indicators and budget tagging.

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  • Mothers and children in designated priority countries would gain targeted MMS prenatal vitamin coverage and other maternal and child health services chosen based on malnutrition rates, underserved populations, and country conditions.
  • U.S. foreign assistance agencies would have to produce a five-year Maternal and Child Health strategy that prioritizes cost-effective interventions, defines standard performance indicators, sets a delivery plan, and uses baseline data from the two fiscal years before enactment.
  • Accountability and coordination would tighten. Agencies must send annual progress reports for five years with country-level allocations, program data, MMS coverage updates, constraints, and coordination with donor and host governments.

*Would authorize up to $150.0 million per fiscal year from 2026 through 2030 for the MMS initiative, increasing federal global health assistance spending over that period.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Funding to scale prenatal vitamins

If enacted, the bill would authorize up to $150 million each year from the State Department Global Health Programs Account. That funding would be for a multiyear effort to scale up multiple micronutrient supplements for pregnant women in selected priority countries. The authorization would apply in fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

Targets to cut maternal and child deaths

If enacted, the bill would set U.S. policy targets through 2030. It would aim to reduce preventable child and maternal deaths in priority countries to 12 percent or lower of total deaths by 2030. It would also aim for at least 70 percent coverage of a set of life-saving interventions in 10 to 15 priority countries by 2030.

Annual reports on prenatal vitamin programs

If enacted, the relevant foreign assistance agency would report to Congress within one year and then yearly for five years. Reports would show funding and obligations by country and intervention, baseline data for the two fiscal years before enactment, delivery plans, and standard performance indicators. Reports would also include detailed MMS information for priority countries, such as selection criteria, resource breakdowns, estimated pregnant women reached, coordination with donors and host governments, constraints, and lessons learned.

Five-year maternal and child health plan

If enacted, the bill would require the relevant foreign assistance agency to publish a five-year Maternal and Child Health strategy upon enactment. The strategy would set coverage targets, prioritize cost-effective, high-impact interventions, and measure lives saved and disabilities averted. It would also direct emphasis on scaling up MMS prenatal vitamins along with services like skilled birth attendance, breastfeeding support, newborn care, immunizations, and malnutrition screening.

Priority countries for prenatal vitamins

If enacted, the bill would require the agency to select priority foreign countries for MMS efforts using clear criteria. Selection would consider malnutrition prevalence, underserved or vulnerable communities, and the enabling environment like national plans and political commitment. The agency would update the priority country list no later than five years after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kim, Young [R-CA-40]

CA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/5/2026

  • Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 7/2/2026

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 7/2/2026

  • Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]

    CO • R

    Sponsored 9/2/2026

  • Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 9/14/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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