Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act
Sponsored By: Senator Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Passed Senate
Summary
Requires lactation spaces in every VA medical center. The bill defines minimum features for those rooms and sets accessibility, furnishing, signage, and timeline rules for the Department of Veterans Affairs to make them available.
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- Women veterans and other visitors get a private, hygienic place to express breast milk that is not a bathroom, is shielded from view, is accessible to people with disabilities, and includes a chair and a working surface.
- VA medical centers must make spaces easy to locate and clearly signed. The VA must have at least 80% of centers compliant within 2 years and all centers compliant within 3 years.
- The VA must report annually to the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees starting within 1 year on which centers have lactation spaces, which do not, and timelines to make them functional. Reporting ends once every center has a space.
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Private lactation rooms at VA centers
If enacted, VA medical centers would need to offer a private, hygienic lactation room. The room could not be a bathroom, and it would be shielded from view and free from intrusion. It would be wheelchair accessible and include a chair and a work surface. It would be easy to find and clearly signed. Women veterans and members of the public could use it to express breast milk. At least 80% of centers would comply within 2 years, and all within 3 years. VA would report to Congress within 1 year and then yearly until all centers comply. This would not allow entry into secure areas without permission.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
NV • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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