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HR4074Referred to Committee

Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-06-23
Introduced
36
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Don Bacon
Don Bacon
Republican · NE · Representative
Votes with party: 93.7% (552 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001298

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (36)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Lori Trahan (D-MA-3)Original· 2025-06-23
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)· 2025-07-07
  • Paul Tonko (D-NY-20)· 2025-07-07
  • Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)· 2025-07-10
  • Mike Quigley (D-IL-5)· 2025-07-10
  • Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)· 2025-07-10
  • Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1)· 2025-07-10
  • Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)· 2025-07-17
  • Josh Riley (D-NY-19)· 2025-07-17
  • Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)· 2025-07-29
  • J. French Hill (R-AR-2)· 2025-07-29
  • Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)· 2025-07-29
  • Jason Crow (D-CO-6)· 2025-08-08
  • April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6)· 2025-08-15
  • Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2025-08-15
  • Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1)· 2025-09-04
  • Ted Lieu (D-CA-36)· 2025-09-04
  • Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3)· 2025-09-04
  • Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2)· 2025-09-17
  • Young Kim (R-CA-40)· 2025-10-06
  • Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2)· 2025-10-08
  • Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2)· 2025-10-08
  • Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)· 2025-10-17
  • Sarah McBride (D-DE)· 2025-10-17
  • Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13)· 2025-10-31
  • Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)· 2025-11-07
  • Darren Soto (D-FL-9)· 2025-11-20
  • Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)· 2025-11-20
  • André Carson (D-IN-7)· 2025-12-05
  • Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)· 2025-12-18
  • James A. Himes (D-CT-4)· 2026-01-16
  • Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)· 2026-02-17
  • Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7)· 2026-03-16
  • Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12)· 2026-04-30
  • Julie Johnson (D-TX-32)· 2026-05-12

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2025-06-23

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-06-23

Previously

  • Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-23

Plain-English Summary

Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025 This bill requires (1) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance to support coverage of prenatal and postpartum pelvic health services under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), (2) the Government Accountability Office to study gaps in Medicaid coverage of these and other services for postpartum women, and (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to educate health professionals and postpartum women on pelvic health services.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Health
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