Maternal Mental Health

Congress should require states to extend Medicaid coverage for 12 months postpartum.

Congress should pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act (Momnibus 2.0) package, which includes 13 bills to address alarming disparities in Black maternal health.

Congress should utilize tax credits and grant programs to fund new (or existing) newborn intensive care units in all hospitals to provide specialized care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and ensure mothers and their children remain in close proximity with each other after birth.[1]

Evidence-based home visiting programs should be a mandated benefit of health plans and be integrated into collaborative care models.[1]

Congress should pass the American Family Act to restore the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC), which was increased by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in 2021, but expired at the end of that year.[1] In 2021, it drove child poverty to all-time lows.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMMI) should expand the Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) model to other substance use disorders (SUDs), including stimulant and alcohol use disorders.