S. 4186 119th Congress Senate

Perinatal Workforce Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 25, 2026 Introduced by: Tammy Baldwin Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

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Mar 25, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now March 25, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related & companion bills 3

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 11

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
for CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11 filings
SENATE
11 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
9 filings
Education, Dept of
9 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
9 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
9 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
9 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
9 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Booker, Cory A.

New Jersey · Mar 25, 2026

Merkley, Jeff

Oregon · Mar 25, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4186: Perinatal Workforce Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4186/

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"S. 4186: Perinatal Workforce Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4186/.

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S. 4186, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4186/.

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