Social Determinants for Moms Act
Sen. Blumenthal Introduces the Social Determinants for Moms Act to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for review. It is considered active, but there are no upcoming votes or hearings scheduled at this time. The bill is waiting for committee members to decide if it should move forward.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- The bill creates a national task force led by the HHS Secretary to develop strategies and coordinate efforts across federal agencies to eliminate preventable maternal deaths, severe complications, and health disparities.
- The task force brings together leaders from 17 federal agencies and offices, including Housing, Transportation, Agriculture, Labor, EPA, and the Indian Health Service, reflecting a broad approach that goes beyond clinical care.
- The bill focuses on nonclinical factors that affect maternal health, such as safe housing, healthy food access, clean water, air quality, childcare during appointments, and protection from intimate partner violence.
From policy text
“increasing access to safe, stable, affordable, and adequate housing for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their families”
View in full text - A grant program would send $100 million per year from 2027 through 2031 to community-based organizations, tribes, and health departments in areas with high maternal mortality rates and high poverty.
From policy text
“There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.”
View in full text - Grant recipients must report annually on their activities, with data broken down by race, ethnicity, language, geography, and socioeconomic status. The task force must also report to Congress annually with recommendations on future funding.
From policy text
“Each such report shall include data on the effects of such activities, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, primary language, geography, socioeconomic status, and other relevant factors.”
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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Social Determinants for Moms Act
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