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To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to increase vaccination rates among pregnant and postpartum individuals. It expands an existing vaccination awareness and equity campaign to include pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children, with a particular focus on reaching racial and ethnic minority groups. The bill adds obstetric services to the campaign's focus areas alongside prenatal and pediatric services. It increases authorized funding for the maternal vaccination campaign from $15 million annually (2021-2025) to $17 million annually (2027-2031). The bill designates increasing vaccination rates for pregnant, postpartum, and pediatric populations as an official activity under the immunization program.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA)
Actions (2)
- Mar 18, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Mar 18, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 18, 2026
Mr. Kaine introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Maternal Vaccinations 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 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”. <all>
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