Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on coverage under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act of cer… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on coverage under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act of certain pelvic health services furnished during the postpartum period, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025
This bill requires (1) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance to support coverage of prenatal and postpartum pelvic health services under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), (2) the Government Accountability Office to study gaps in Medicaid coverage of these and other services for postpartum women, and (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to educate health professionals and postpartum women on pelvic health services.
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- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
- CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
- CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Education, Dept of
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4074: Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4074/
"H.R. 4074: Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4074/.
H.R. 4074, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4074/.
[H.R. 4074: Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4074/)