House concurrent resolution designating April 2025 as Black Maternal Care Awareness Month in Vermont
H.C.R.110 is a House concurrent resolution designating April 2025 as Black Maternal Care Awareness Month in Vermont. The resolution cites national and state-relevant data showing severe racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes, including higher maternal mortality, infant mortality, and pregnancy-related depression and anxiety rates for Black women compared with White women. It also references the Black Mamas Matter Alliance and its annual Black Maternal Health Week as a model for raising awareness about inequities in maternal health.
The resolution is primarily commemorative and educational rather than regulatory. It does not create new programs, funding, reporting requirements, or changes to Vermont statutes. Its operative effect is to formally recognize April 2025 as a month of awareness and to direct the Secretary of State to send a copy of the resolution to the Black Mamas Matter Alliance.
This resolution has no direct legal or fiscal impact on state law and does not amend or enact any statutes. Its practical effect is symbolic: it uses the General Assembly’s formal recognition to highlight maternal health disparities affecting Black women and to encourage public awareness, advocacy, and attention to prenatal care, health insurance access, and maternal/infant outcomes in Vermont and beyond.
The sentiment around the bill appears strongly supportive and noncontroversial. The resolution is backed by a broad group of House sponsors from across the chamber, and the text frames the issue as a public health and equity concern. With no recorded opposition, committee debate, or roll-call votes in the provided materials, the available context suggests the measure was viewed as a consensus recognition of an important health disparity.
No specific points of contention are reflected in the provided record. Because the measure is a concurrent resolution with no regulatory or budgetary changes, there is little indication of partisan or policy conflict. If any concerns existed, they would most likely relate to the broader policy implications of racial health equity, access to prenatal care, and insurance coverage, but none are documented in the bill text or available discussion materials.