Sec. 107. Child care access
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall award grants to eligible organizations to provide pregnant and postpartum women with free drop-in child care services during prenatal and postpartum appointments. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an organization shall— be an organization that carries out programs providing pregnant and postpartum women with free and accessible drop-in child care services during prenatal and postpartum appointments in areas which the Secretary determines have a high maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity rate and significant racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes; and not have previously received a grant under this section.
The Secretary shall commence the grant program under subsection
(a)not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall evaluate each grant awarded under this section to determine the effects of the grant on— prenatal and postpartum appointment attendance rates; maternal health outcomes with a specific focus on racial and ethnic disparities in such outcomes; pregnant and postpartum women participating in the funded programs, and the families of such women; and cost effectiveness. Not later than September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report containing the following: A summary of the evaluations under subsection (d). A description of actions the Secretary can take to ensure that pregnant and postpartum women eligible for medical assistance under a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) have access to free drop-in child care services during prenatal and postpartum appointments, including identification of the funding necessary to carry out such actions. In this section, the term drop-in child care services means child care and early childhood education services that are— delivered at a facility that meets the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations of the State or local government in which it is located, including the licensing of the facility as a child care facility; and provided in single encounters without requiring full-time enrollment of a person in a child care program. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023.
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