Caring for Mothers Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Van Duyne
Introduced
Summary
Requires group health plans to enroll and cover pregnancy and postpartum care for people placing newborns for adoption. The bill would let an adoptive parent request that a qualifying individual be enrolled and receive pregnancy-related and postpartum care plus mental health and substance use disorder services.
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- Birth parents: Pregnant people or those within six months of giving birth who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or lawfully present aliens could gain enrollment and the specified care.
- Adoptive parents: A signed attestation of intent to adopt or that adoption occurred would trigger coverage. Coverage begins the first day of the first month after the plan receives the request.
- Plans and insurers: Group and individual plans would be required to enroll the qualifying individual and provide the limited benefits until the earlier of plan termination, notification from either party, or one year after the child is born.
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Health coverage for birth parents in adoption
If enacted, this would let an enrolled adoptive parent ask their plan to enroll the birth parent for limited benefits. The birth parent would need to be pregnant or within 6 months after birth, and be a citizen, national, or lawfully present. The request would need both signatures and an attestation of intent to adopt (or that adoption already happened). If the child is not yet adopted, the birth parent would also attest they plan for that adoption. Covered care would be limited to pregnancy and postpartum care, plus mental health and substance use services tied to that pregnancy. Coverage would start the first day of the month after the plan gets the request. It would end if either person asks to stop, the requester’s coverage ends, or one year after birth. Adoption would not have to be completed, and there would be no penalty if it is not. This would apply to plan years starting on or after January 1, 2026.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Van Duyne
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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