HR 4074 · in committee · significant
Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025
- healthcare
- reproductive rights
What this bill does
- Requires Medicare and Medicaid to cover prenatal and postpartum pelvic health services.
- Affects postpartum women enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP, plus healthcare providers.
- Mandates GAO study of coverage gaps and CDC education efforts with no specified appropriation.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might requiring Medicare and Medicaid coverage of postpartum pelvic health services affect wait times and provider availability in underserved rural areas?
- 02
What specific gaps in current pelvic health coverage does the GAO study need to identify to determine whether a federal mandate is the most cost-effective solution?
- 03
Who would bear the costs if states must expand Medicaid coverage for these services, and how might that influence their participation in CHIP?
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Sponsor · R-NE-2
Don Bacon
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
35/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-06-23
Joining the bill

Lori Trahan
D-MA-3 · original

Paul Tonko
D-NY-20

Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC

Mike Quigley
D-IL-5

Steve Cohen
D-TN-9

Josh Gottheimer
D-NJ-5

Suzanne Bonamici
D-OR-1

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
R-GA-1

Josh Riley
D-NY-19

Donald G. Davis
D-NC-1

Michael Lawler
R-NY-17

Mikie Sherrill
D-NJ-11
+ 23 more
Legislative timeline
2025-06-23 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2025-06-23 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-06-23 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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