118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to maternal vaccination awareness and equity, and for other purposes.
May 15, 2023
Ms. Sewell (for herself, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Allred, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bush, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. Lynch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to maternal vaccination awareness and equity, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Maternal Vaccination Act”.
SEC. 2. Maternal vaccination awareness and equity campaign.
(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 2024 through 2028”.
(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”.