2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26104544D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1428

Offered January 22, 2026

A BILL to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the State Health Commissioner to establish and maintain a website that provides information about services and programs available to pregnant women; report.

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Patron—Griffin

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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That by July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the State Health Commissioner shall establish and maintain, and shall update on an annual basis, a website, which shall be available in English and Spanish, that is easily accessible and includes information on the following:

1. Resources for mental health counseling, pregnancy counseling, and other prepartum and postpartum services, comprehensive information on alternatives to abortion, information on abortion risks, including complications and failures, and links to information on child development from the moment of conception; and

2. Federal, state, local, and private programs available to pregnant women, including:

a. Mentorship opportunities, including pregnancy help and case management resources;

b. Health and well-being services, including women's medical services such as obstetrical and gynecological support services for women, abortion pill reversal, breastfeeding, general health services, primary care, and dental care;

c. Financial assistance, work opportunities, nutrition assistance, childcare, and educational opportunities;

d. Material or legal support, including transportation, food, nutrition, clothing, household goods, baby supplies, housing, shelters, maternity homes, tax preparation, legal support for child support, family leave, breastfeeding protections, and custody issues;

e. Recovery and mental health services, including services with respect to addiction or suicide intervention, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, rape, sex trafficking, and counseling for women and families surrounding the unexpected loss of a child;

f. Prenatal diagnostic services, including disability support organizations, medical interventions for a baby, perinatal hospice resources, pregnancy and infant loss support, and literature on pregnancy wellness;

g. Healing and support services for abortion survivors and their families; and

h. Services providing care for children, including family planning education, adoption, foster care, and short-term care resources.

The website shall include a portal that allows users to receive specifically tailored pregnancy information and provides for the submission of feedback on how user-friendly and helpful the portal was in providing such specifically tailored information.

No later than 180 days after the website and portal are established, the Secretary of Health and Human Resources shall submit a report to the General Assembly on (i) the traffic on the website and portal; (ii) user feedback submitted regarding the website and portal; (iii) any identified gaps in services for pregnant and postpartum women, including any missing resources helpful to include in future updates; and (iv) recommendations on how to improve the user experience based upon user feedback. No personally identifiable information of any user shall be contained in such report.