Access to Donor Milk Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Access to Donor Milk Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Education.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HAFF0A8C45E064088A57193F4CC6DEE73: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Donor Milk Act of 2026.
- Section HDAF460EEF64241879DD75ABBE6E6BE65: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term donor human milk means human milk that is collected, pasteurized, and dispensed without additives. The term donor human...
- Section HBA0F8F9B54BC442DA545B8C1B5C56112: 3. Support for donor human milk activities Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended— in subsection (b)(4), by inserting...
- Section H4709790286094FE694DB22426BDC3A95: 4. Emergency capacity funding for human milk banks The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary) shall award...
- Section HE3A80D3E02F44109964CA6EAD20359D0: 5. Public awareness campaign with respect to donor human milk The Secretary of Health and Human Services— shall, acting through the Administrator of the Health...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Access to Donor Milk Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Education
Primary Purpose
This bill, Access to Donor Milk Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Ms. Houlahan (for herself, Mrs. Bice, and Ms. Salazar) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an entity that— is a nonprofit donor human milk bank
a donor human milk bank that is an organization— described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3))
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