Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2025
Sen. Cotton Introduces the Neonatal Care Transparency Act to Reveal Hospital Policies for Premature Babies
The Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2025 is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It was recently introduced in the Senate and sent to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for review. No further actions are scheduled at this time.
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This bill is sponsored only by Republicans and faces a long path through committees where similar mandates on hospitals often stall.
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Pregnant individuals would gain the right to know, at their very first prenatal appointment, exactly what life-saving care their hospital offers for premature births. This is especially important for those at risk of preterm delivery, giving them time to choose a hospital or plan a transfer if their facility does not intervene at very early gestational ages. The disclosure requirement ensures parents are not blindsided during an emergency.
“Each obstetrician, or other health care practitioner who provides obstetric services to patients, shall, at the first prenatal visit of a patient, disclose to the patient the policy of any hospital at which the obstetrician or practitioner has admitting privileges regarding the provision of life-saving care to an infant in the case of a premature birth”
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
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No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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2 articlesBill Would Force Hospitals to Warn if They Aren't Equipped to Save Premature Babies
A Wall Street Journal investigation found parents were told nothing could be done for their infants even when other nearby hospitals could offer care. The Neonatal Care Transparency Act would require hospitals to disclose the minimum gestational age at which they provide life-saving care.
Bill Would Force Hospitals To Disclose Minimal Gestational Age They Treat
The Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2025, introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton, would require hospitals to inform parents if they have the capacity to care for extremely premature infants and disclose the minimum age for life-saving interventions.
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Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2025
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