Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act
Latest action · Jun 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act
This bill provides a 90% federal matching rate for Medicaid maternal health care expenditures that exceed 2019 levels. Qualifying services must be provided by maternity care providers or perinatal health workers (e.g., doulas) and include prenatal and postpartum telehealth services, home visits, and behavioral health care.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2025 to Oct 1, 2026; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Original | Jun 25, 2025 |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jun 27, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Oct 1, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 25, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 109, June 25, 2025, page H2971.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Title
- Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures under Medicaid for maternal health care services.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
