[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1603 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1603

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase vaccination rates of 
      pregnant and postpartum individuals, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2023

   Mr. Kaine introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 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 2024 through 2028''.
    (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''.
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