The Neonatal Care Transparency Act requires hospitals and obstetricians to publicly disclose their policies on providing life-saving care to extremely premature infants, including whether they have a minimum gestational age cutoff for treatment and how they handle cases where their facility cannot provide needed care. Starting January 1, 2026, hospitals must comply with these disclosure requirements to maintain their Medicare participation, and beginning 180 days after the bill's enactment, hospitals and obstetric providers that fail to disclose their neonatal care policies will lose federal Medicaid and CHIP funding. The legislation aims to address situations where pregnant women arrive at hospitals expecting care for premature births only to find that the facility has policies against treating infants born before a certain point, ensuring parents have information upfront and can make informed decisions about where to receive care.
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