42 U.S.C. § 280g–18
Maternal mental health hotline
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 280g–18, Maternal mental health hotline, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475444
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The Secretary shall maintain, by grant or contract, a national maternal mental health hotline to provide emotional support, information, brief intervention, and mental health and substance use disorder resources to pregnant and postpartum women at risk of, or affected by, maternal mental health and substance use disorders, and to their families or household members.
The hotline under subsection (a) shall—
be staffed by certified peer specialists, licensed health care professionals, or licensed mental health professionals who are trained on—
In maintaining the hotline under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
The Secretary shall submit an annual report to the Congress on the hotline under subsection (a) and implementation of this section, including—
To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally