Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Creates a 3-year HHS pilot program providing financial assistance to eligible parents to purchase covered infant formula or pasteurized donor human milk. Assistance may be vouchers, reimbursements, or grants to local entities; HHS must provide outreach, perform annual evaluations, and report to Congress.
Scope and size of federal spending versus reliance on state/charitable help
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-scoped administrative pilot that establishes authority, basic eligibility, funding authorization, timelines, and reporting requirements while delegating detailed program design to the Secretary of HHS.
Creates a 3-year HHS pilot program providing financial assistance to eligible parents to purchase covered infant formula or pasteurized donor human milk.
Assistance may be vouchers, reimbursements, or grants to local entities; HHS must provide outreach, perform annual evaluations, and report to Congress.
Defines eligibility (excludes WIC participants) for parents of infants with medically necessary breastfeeding challenges or infants with feeding issues.
Content is narrow, low-cost, and administratively straightforward—favorable for enactment—but requires appropriations and competing legislative priorities.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-scoped administrative pilot that establishes authority, basic eligibility, funding authorization, timelines, and reporting requirements while delegating detailed program design to the Secretary of HHS.
Scope and size of federal spending versus reliance on state/charitable help
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Scope and size of federal spending versus reliance on state/charitable help
Generally supportive as a targeted safety-net measure for medically necessary infant feeding needs.
Views donor milk access and formula assistance as advancing maternal-child health and equity, but may want broader coverage and higher funding.
Cautiously supportive of a targeted pilot to address medically necessary infant feeding needs.
Values the pilot design, evaluation, and multiple delivery mechanisms, but seeks clarity on administration, cost controls, and overlap with existing programs.
Skeptical of additional federal spending and program expansion.
May accept limited assistance for extreme, documented medical cases but prefers state, private, or charity solutions and tighter fiscal and regulatory constraints.
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Content is narrow, low-cost, and administratively straightforward—favorable for enactment—but requires appropriations and competing legislative priorities.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Scope and size of federal spending versus reliance on state/charitable help
Content is narrow, low-cost, and administratively straightforward—favorable for enactment—but requires appropriations and competing legisla…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-scoped administrative pilot that establishes authority, basic eligibility, funding authorization, timelines, and reporting requirements while delegating det…
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