To require providers to disclose policies regarding the minimum gestational age at which life-saving care will be provided to an infant in the case of a premature birth.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7912 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7912 To require providers to disclose policies regarding the minimum gestational age at which life-saving care will be provided to an infant in the case of a premature birth. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2026 Mr. Mackenzie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require providers to disclose policies regarding the minimum gestational age at which life-saving care will be provided to an infant in the case of a premature birth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) Different hospitals have varying capacities to resuscitate premature babies. (2) There are parents of premature babies who have arrived at level 3 and level 4 neonatal intensive care units expecting medical intervention, only to find that life-saving treatment is not offered for babies born before a certain gestational point. (3) Some hospitals in the United States universally forgo intensive care for babies born before 22 weeks gestation, while others provide such care to nearly all babies born alive. (4) Data indicates that neonatal outcomes are best for premature babies when the baby is born at a center that consistently intervenes with life-saving treatment. (5) Parents deserve a new level of obstetric a