This bill would change parts of the Public Health Service Act to focus on increasing vaccination rates for pregnant and postpartum individuals. It adds pregnant and postpartum people into an existing vaccination awareness and equity campaign, adds the word "obstetric" to a list of provider settings, and expands program language to include efforts to increase vaccination for pregnant and postpartum people and their children, including individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups. The bill also raises a specified funding amount from $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021–2025 to $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027–2031. The bill was introduced by Senator Tim Kaine on March 18, 2026 and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
If enacted, federal vaccination awareness activities named in the Public Health Service Act would explicitly include pregnant and postpartum individuals. Outreach language would cover obstetric as well as prenatal and pediatric settings. The bill directs programs to work on increasing vaccination among pregnant and postpartum people, including outreach that addresses racial and ethnic minority groups and their children.
The bill changes one specified funding level from $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 to $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031. No publicly available information about total cost estimates or other spending is included in the provided text.
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