[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 951 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 951


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 1, 2021

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
 national campaign to increase awareness of the importance of maternal 
vaccinations for the health of pregnant and postpartum individuals and 
                their children, 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 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 2022 through 2026''.
    (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 clause:
                    ``(vii) increase vaccination rates of pregnant and 
                postpartum individuals, including individuals from 
                racial and ethnic minority groups, and their children; 
                and''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 2021.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.