119th Congress Health
H.R. 3235: MOMS Act
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Summary
This bill establishes requirements to enable the collection of certain child support during pregnancy, establishes grants for supportive services for women that promote alternatives to abortions, and requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a website with pregnancy resources other than those about abortions.
Specifically, the bill requires states to apply child support obligations to the time period during pregnancy under the Child Support Enforcement program. (The program enables states to receive federal matching funds for expenses related to child support enforcement activities and related services.) Such child support applies at the request of the mother and may be applied retroactively.
Also, HHS must award grants to nonprofits to provide pregnant and postpartum women, and women parenting young children, with services or information on topics including health care (excluding abortions), child care, and employment assistance. It also requires HHS to provide grants to health care providers in rural or medically underserved areas, as well as tribal areas, to purchase equipment enabling telehealth visits for prenatal and postnatal care (e.g., monitoring devices).
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Additionally, the bill requires HHS to establish a public website to inform pregnant and postpartum women, and women parenting young children, of nearby services and resources on topics including health care, material or legal support, and alternatives to abortion. States must, as a condition of receiving certain federal funds, provide lists of nonprofit child placement agencies for potential inclusion on the site.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Katherine Cammack R-FLOriginal
- Brad Finstad R-MNOriginal
- Michael Guest R-MSOriginal
- Diana Harshbarger R-TNOriginal
- Ashley Hinson R-IAOriginal
- Carol Miller R-WVOriginal
- Mary Miller R-ILOriginal
- Riley Moore R-WVOriginal
- John McGuire R-VAOriginal
- Addison McDowell R-NCOriginal
- Pete Stauber R-MNOriginal
- Claudia Tenney R-NYOriginal
- Jefferson Van Drew R-NJOriginal
- Daniel Webster R-FLOriginal
- Randy Feenstra R-IA
- Mike Haridopolos R-FL
- William Timmons R-SC
- Doug LaMalfa R-CA
- Scott DesJarlais R-TN
- Andy Harris R-MD
- Randy Weber R-TX
- Pat Harrigan R-NC
- H. Griffith R-VA
- Julie Fedorchak R-ND
- Richard Hudson R-NC
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Vince Fong R-CA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Michelle Fischbach SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Michelle Fischbach.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.