# 119-hr-9583: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act of 2026

119-hr-9583, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-07).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9583
- Congress: 119
- Title: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-07

## 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. - 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.*

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Funding to scale prenatal vitamins: benefit, high. 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…
- Targets to cut maternal and child deaths: benefit, high. 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 pr…
- Annual reports on prenatal vitamin programs: benefit, medium. 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 indic…
- Five-year maternal and child health plan: benefit, medium. 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 wou…
- Priority countries for prenatal vitamins: benefit, medium. 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 wou…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-9583 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9583)

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- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9583 (as of 2026-10-07).