Caring for Mothers Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5899 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5899 To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to increase health insurance access for individuals placing their newborns for adoption. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 31, 2025 Ms. Van Duyne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to increase health insurance access for individuals placing their newborns for adoption. 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 ``Caring for Mothers Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. INCREASING HEALTH INSURANCE ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS PLACING THEIR NEWBORNS FOR ADOPTION. (a) In General.--Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-11 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 2730. AVAILABILITY OF COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS PLACING THEIR NEWBORNS FOR ADOPTION. ``(a) In General.--In the case of an individual enrolled in a group health plan or group or individual health insurance coverage who intends to adopt (or has already adopted) a child of a qualifying individual and who submits to such plan or coverage (as applicable) a request described in subsection (b) with respect to such qualifying individual, such plan or coverage shall enroll such qualifying individual under such plan or coverage and provide benefits under such plan or coverage in accordance with subsection (c). ``(b) Request.--For purposes of subsection (a), a request described in this subsection is a request submitted to a group health plan or group or individual health