HR 3743 · in committee · significant
Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill expands the WIC nutrition program to better serve pregnant women, mothers, and infants affected by substance use disorder.
- Pregnant women, new mothers, and infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome who qualify for WIC benefits are affected.
- The Department of Agriculture and Health and Human Services must develop educational materials and conduct outreach, with no specific funding amount specified.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should WIC funding be allocated between expanding services for substance-use-affected families versus maintaining current support levels for existing beneficiaries?
- 02
What evidence exists that targeted nutrition support through WIC actually improves outcomes for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome?
- 03
Who bears the implementation costs when the bill requires USDA and HHS outreach but specifies no dedicated funding?
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Sponsor · D-VA-7
Eugene Simon Vindman
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
27/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-06-04
Joining the bill
Zachary Nunn
R-IA-3 · original
Glenn Thompson
R-PA-15 · original
Adam Smith
D-WA-9
André Carson
D-IN-7
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1
Thomas R. Suozzi
D-NY-3
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
D-GA-4
Don Bacon
R-NE-2
Young Kim
R-CA-40
Sarah McBride
D-DE
Julie Johnson
D-TX-32
+ 15 more
Legislative timeline
2025-06-04 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-06-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-06-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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