MOMS Act
Sponsored By: Senator Katie Britt
Introduced
Summary
A national pregnancy resource network and support system that would centralize information, fund pregnancy-support services, expand telehealth for prenatal and postnatal care, and let states pursue child support starting at conception. It emphasizes privacy, state grant programs, and limits on who can be listed or funded on the public site.
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- Families and expectant mothers would gain a ZIP code searchable resource directory on pregnancy.gov with multilingual access and a national list of licensed child placement agencies. Grants would fund local resource aggregators, nonprofit “Positive Alternatives for Women” services, and telehealth equipment for rural, frontier, medically underserved, and Tribal areas.
- States would need to amend child support plans to allow enforcement for an “unborn child,” including start dates from conception as determined by a physician, retroactive collection, and paternity actions only with maternal consent. These enforcement changes take effect two years after enactment.
- Service providers and centers would face funding and listing rules that bar prohibited entities, forbid grant funds for abortion promotion or unlicensed adoption services, and require HIPAA-like privacy protections plus monitoring and enforcement for noncompliance.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Child support for unborn children
If enacted, this bill would require States to let a mother ask a court to require the biological father to pay child support starting as early as the month the child was conceived. Courts could award or collect past-due support when paternity is later established. The bill would forbid forcing paternity tests without the mother's consent and forbid paternity steps that risk harm to the unborn child. It would also stop HHS from allowing experimental waivers to change these unborn-child support rules. These rules would take effect two years after enactment and apply to payments for calendar quarters starting on or after that date.
Grants for pregnancy support and telehealth
If enacted, this bill would create grants for nonprofit groups to give free pregnancy and postpartum services, like medical care, housing help, child care help, job support, parenting education, and voluntary substance use treatment. HHS would use unobligated amounts from its Nonrecurring Expenses Fund to run the nonprofit grant program. The bill would also fund equipment and services for at-home prenatal and postnatal telehealth for providers in rural, frontier, medically underserved, and Tribal areas. Both grant programs would bar entities that perform or support abortions. HHS must report to Congress on the telehealth program by September 30, 2028.
Pregnancy.gov and state resource systems
If enacted, this bill would require HHS to publish a public website called pregnancy.gov within one year. The site would list pregnancy and postpartum resources, let users search by ZIP code and distance, and offer assessment and consented outreach. The bill would fund state systems that collect local resources and bar any "prohibited entity" (providers that perform or support abortions) from being listed or getting State grant funds. HHS would also publish a national list of private child placement agencies and a report to Congress within 180 days after the site opens. States that fail to send the required agency list could lose federal adoption and guardianship incentive payments.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Katie Britt
AL • R
Cosponsors
Eric Schmitt
MO • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Kevin Cramer
ND • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Steve Daines
MT • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Deb Fischer
NE • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
James Justice
WV • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
OK • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA]
PA • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
SC • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 5/12/2025
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 5/12/2025
Roll Call Votes
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