{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-8876","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 8876","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"The Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-09-19","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-12-02","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h500","question":"On Passage","title":"Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022","result":"Passed","yea":390,"nay":26,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll500.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.","date":"2022-12-05"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-12-02","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"The Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill reauthorizes through FY2027, increases funding for, and modifies the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. This program supports home visits for expectant and new parents who live in communities that are at-risk for poor maternal and child health outcomes."},{"k":"p","t":"Changes to the program include"},{"k":"li","t":"setting out requirements for allocating program funds;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"increasing the percentage of funds reserved for tribal entities;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"establishing a publicly available dashboard that reports program outcomes;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"requiring activities to reduce unnecessary data collection, reporting, and other administrative requirements of the program; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"allowing for virtual home visits (provided certain conditions are met).","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also reduces funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund."}],"words":121},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Reauthorizes the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program under section 511 of the Social Security Act through fiscal year 2027, setting appropriations, grant formulas, and program rules.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H01979791BAE1409A986FE2A92320E26A"},{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H2F1A4DCF615D4EC7892FE4E9786E0B4B"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H66F3B7EE74834D7AA8E4057DE24EDA86"},{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H040BD79B4D2C490F85ADA94A9ACB8493"}]},"core_areas":["Home visiting program appropriations and grant formulas","Public outcomes dashboard and annual reporting","Administrative cost limits and paperwork reduction","Virtual home visits","Medicare Improvement Fund reduction"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides $500,000,000 for base grants for fiscal year 2023, and for fiscal years 2024 through 2027 provides totals of $550,000,000, $600,000,000, $650,000,000 and $800,000,000, each including $500,000,000 for base grants and the remainder for matching grants.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H01979791BAE1409A986FE2A92320E26A"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to establish a public website with an annually updated dashboard showing the outcomes each eligible entity achieved on each applicable benchmark.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H2F1A4DCF615D4EC7892FE4E9786E0B4B"}},{"text":"Limits an eligible entity to using no more than 10 percent of its funds for administration, and lets the Secretary authorize an exception of up to 5 percentage points more under listed conditions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H66F3B7EE74834D7AA8E4057DE24EDA86"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress, starting by December 31, 2023, on the grants made for the preceding fiscal year, including a summary of outcomes by eligible entity.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H35048F65ED1F4D7194B7626228C3FC2E"}},{"text":"Treats a virtual home visit, defined as a visit conducted solely by electronic information and telecommunications technologies, as a home visit if the entity's application includes the required description and assurances, including at least 1 in-person visit per family in each 12-month period.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H040BD79B4D2C490F85ADA94A9ACB8493"}},{"text":"Changes the amount in section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act from $7,308,000,000 to $4,418,000,000.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#HF4C9814D883D469D8FF92D9A1C37F6BC"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H6662F1B984E8433E8D758B311DF87B15"},"heading":"Short title","effect":"The short title names the Act after a person, \"Jackie Walorski\", in the Act's title.","amount":null,"quote":"This Act may be cited as the “Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh#H01979791BAE1409A986FE2A92320E26A"},"heading":"Funding","effect":"Among the reservations of grant funds, the Secretary must use not more than $1,500,000 to establish and operate a center named for a person, the \"Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Management\".","amount":"$1,500,000","quote":"of which the Secretary shall use not more than $1,500,000 to establish and operate the Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Management"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-12-02","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8876/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-8876.png","v":"d823d8943a8b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8876, 117th Congress: Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022. House: 390 Yea, 26 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 2 Dec 2022."}}