H.R. 8153
Maternal Vaccination Act
Sponsor: Terri A. Sewell
67 cosponsors
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Jared Huffman
- Nellie Pou
- Paul Tonko
- Seth Magaziner
- Eugene Simon Vindman
- Adam Smith
- Adelita S. Grijalva
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Alma S. Adams
- Andrea Salinas
- André Carson
- Angie Craig
- Ayanna Pressley
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Christian D. Menefee
- Danny K. Davis
- Darren Soto
- Debbie Dingell
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Emilia Strong Sykes
- Frederica S. Wilson
- George Latimer
- Glenn Ivey
- Grace Meng
- Gwen Moore
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.
- Hillary J. Scholten
- Jahana Hayes
- James P. McGovern
- Jasmine Crockett
- Jennifer L. McClellan
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García
- John Garamendi
- Jonathan L. Jackson
- Joseph D. Morelle
- Josh Gottheimer
- Joyce Beatty
- Julia Brownley
- Julie Johnson
- LaMonica McIver
- Lauren Underwood
- Lucy McBath
- Marc A. Veasey
- Marilyn Strickland
- Mark Takano
- Melanie A. Stansbury
- Mike Quigley
- Morgan McGarvey
- Nanette Diaz Barragán
- Nikema Williams
- Nikki Budzinski
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Rashida Tlaib
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Sara Jacobs
- Seth Moulton
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
- Shomari Figures
- Steve Cohen
- Steven Horsford
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove
- Troy A. Carter
- Wesley Bell
- Yvette D. Clarke
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Text of the bill
(a) Campaign. Section 313 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 245) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting and among pregnant and postpartum individuals, after low rates of vaccination,;
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking prenatal and pediatric and inserting prenatal, obstetric, and pediatric;
(3) in subsection (d)(4)(B), by inserting pregnant and postpartum individuals and after including; and
(4) in subsection (g), by striking $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 and inserting $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
(b) Additional activities. Section 317(k)(1)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(1)(E)) is amended—
(1) in clause (v), by striking and at the end; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(vii) increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals, including individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups, and their children; and