Maternal and child health policy

(a) Establishment The Assistant Secretary for Global Health is hereby authorized through fiscal year 2027 to provide targeted assistance to reduce maternal and child mortality rates, subject to the following: (1) Such assistance may be provided in countries with a high mortality rate in locations where other global health programs are being implemented and when deemed in the interest of the United States, at the discretion of the Assistant Secretary. (2) Additionally, such assistance may take the form of technical assistance to support partner countries with data collection and analysis pertaining to mortality rates, and with technical assistance as provided under Safe Passages program, established elsewhere in this Act. (3) All such programming shall prioritize high-impact treatment interventions, designed to maximize efficiency, and the utilization of commodities that represent American trade interests, where deemed beneficial by the Assistant Secretary. (4) All such programming shall be included in the global health compacts established elsewhere in this Act, with targets established to enable partner country transitions. (b) Budget The Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy of the Department shall implement a common set of indicators and budget tags or codes to track funding allocations and obligations by country, year, and intervention area. (c) Definition In this section, the term maternal and child health means interventions and activities funded specifically through the Maternal and Child Health sub-account under the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs appropriations.