H.R. 8876 — Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022 | PoliFocus

H.R. 8876117th Congress

Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022

To reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Health

Summary

The Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022

This bill reauthorizes through FY2027, increases funding for, and modifies the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. This program supports home visits for expectant and new parents who live in communities that are at-risk for poor maternal and child health outcomes.

Changes to the program include

setting out requirements for allocating program funds;
increasing the percentage of funds reserved for tribal entities;
establishing a publicly available dashboard that reports program outcomes;
requiring activities to reduce unnecessary data collection, reporting, and other administrative requirements of the program; and
allowing for virtual home visits (provided certain conditions are met).

The bill also reduces funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund.

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Related Legislation

H.Res. 1499Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3372) to authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6878) to address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth,and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8876) to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 100) to provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees; and for other purposes.
2022-11-30Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Legislative Actions

2022-09-19
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2022-09-19
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2022-09-20
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2022-09-21
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2022-09-21
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
2022-11-15
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 117-559, Part I.
2022-11-15
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 117-559, Part I.
2022-11-15
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 30, 2022.
2022-11-30
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1499 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3372, H.R. 6878, H.R. 8876 and H.J. Res. 100. The resolution provides for adoption of H. Res. 1495 and H. Con. Res. 118.
2022-11-30

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