,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bj1         
#bjai,mr4 ,veasey 7for himself and ,mr4 
,allred7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend title ,v of the ,social ,security 
,act to allow the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services to make grants to  
,states under the ,maternal and ,child  
,health ,care ,program for purposes of  
establishing ,baby ,box ,programs4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,baby ,box and ,maternal ,assistance
 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,establishment of  
,baby ,box ,programs ,section #eja of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #gja7 is amended--  7#a7 in   
subsection 7a77#b71 insert and including
 by providing such grants to ,states for
 the establishment of ,baby ,box        
,programs described in subsection 7d7   
after services development2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following new    

subsection3  7d7 7#a7 ,for purposes of  
subsection 7a77#b71 a ,baby ,box        
,program described in this subsection is
 a program under which a ,state--  7,a7 
provides to eligible individuals and to 
a partner chosen by such an individual1 
at no cost to such individuals and such 
partners--  7i7 training with respect to
 prenatal1 newborn1 and postpartum care 
7as defined by the ,state71 including   
evidence-based training with respect to 
safe sleeping practices for newborns and
 smoking cessation practices for        
parents2  7ii7 baby boxes to such       
individuals who have completed an amount
 of such training determined appropriate
 by the ,state2 and  7iii7 doula        
services or midwife services1 furnished 
by doulas or midwives who meet such     
standards as specified by the ,state1   
for such individuals who have so        
completed such training2  7,b7 makes    
available1 using funds other than funds 
made available through grants awarded   
under subsection 7a77#b71 training and  

boxes described in clauses 7i7 and 7ii71
 respectively1 of subparagraph 7,a7 to  
all individuals residing in such ,state 
at an affordable cost determined        
appropriate by such ,state2 and  7,c7   
provides funding for the recruitment and
 training of doulas or midwives from    
diverse backgrounds4  7#b7 ,for purposes
 of this subsection3  7,a7 ,the term    
baby box means a package that contains  
such items with respect to newborn and  
postpartum care as the ,state determines
 appropriate4  7,b7 ,the term eligible  
individual means-- 7i7 a low-income 7as 
defined in subsection 7b77#b77 woman2 or
  7ii7 a woman eligible to enroll under 
the ,state plan 7or waiver of such plan7
 under title ,,xix of the ,state in     
which such woman resides4  7,c7 ,the    
term-- 7i7 doula means an individual    
trained to provide pre and postpartum   
care with respect to pregnant women2 and
  7ii7 doula services means such care   
furnished by such an individual4  4