MOMS Act
Sponsored By: Representative Fischbach
Introduced
Summary
A national pregnancy and postpartum resource directory would centralize local and online supports for pregnant and postpartum women. The bill would also fund nonprofit and telehealth programs and allow mothers to seek child support for an unborn child.
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- Families: Pregnant and postpartum women would get a tailored pregnancy.gov directory that lists nearby and online resources by ZIP code and up to 100 miles. The site must operate in multiple languages, include a user assessment with consent for outreach, and protect personal identifying information.
- States and nonprofits: Grants would fund state systems and eligible nonprofits to provide direct services like medical care, housing, childcare, parenting education, and substance use counseling. Resources and grantees could not be entities that perform, refer for, or promote abortions, and appropriations are authorized through 2030.
- Fathers and child support: Mothers could request establishment and enforcement of child support for an unborn child, with paternity measures allowed only with the mother's consent and required to pose no risk to the unborn child. These child-support provisions would take effect two years after enactment.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Child support starting in pregnancy
If enacted, a mother could ask a court to start child support from the month of conception. Payments could be ordered retroactively once paternity is set, even after birth. A court would set the amount, after consulting the mother and the child’s best interests. Paternity steps would need the mother’s consent and must not risk the unborn child. States would also be blocked from using waivers to loosen these unborn‑child support rules. These changes would start two years after enactment.
Grants for at-home prenatal telehealth
If enacted, providers in rural, frontier, medically underserved, and Tribal areas could get grants to buy equipment for at‑home prenatal and postnatal telehealth. Devices could include blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeters, scales, and glucose monitors, plus related services. HHS would report to Congress by September 30, 2029 on results. Funding would be authorized for FY2025 through FY2030.
Grants to nonprofits for pregnancy support
If enacted, nonprofits could get grants to provide free help to women carrying pregnancies to term. Help could include medical care, nutrition, housing, adoption services, education and job help, child care, parenting classes, and voluntary substance use treatment. Grantees would need to give accurate fetal development information and protect privacy like HIPAA. Funds could not cover abortion coverage or unlicensed adoption services. HHS would monitor programs. Funding would be authorized for FY2025 through FY2030.
Pregnancy.gov help and state grants
If enacted, HHS would launch pregnancy.gov within one year. The site would list local and online pregnancy and postpartum resources by ZIP code and distance, in multiple languages, and ask your consent before any outreach. It would post federal funding opportunities for pregnancy support centers and compile state lists of licensed private child placement agencies. HHS would report to Congress within 180 days on traffic, feedback, gaps, and certify compliant listings, and then report each year. States could apply for grants to build their own resource systems with outreach plans. Funding would be authorized for FY2025 through FY2030.
Abortion providers barred from listings and grants
If enacted, pregnancy.gov and related outreach would not list groups that perform, refer for, or counsel in favor of abortions. Those groups and their affiliates would also be ineligible for the state resource‑system grants.
States risk adoption bonuses without lists
If enacted, a State would need to submit its annual list of licensed private child placement agencies to be eligible for adoption and guardianship incentive payments. A State that does not submit the list for the prior year would not receive those payments.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Fischbach
MN • R
Cosponsors
Finstad
MN • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Miller (IL)
IL • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Tenney
NY • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Harshbarger
TN • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Guest
MS • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Cammack
FL • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Hinson
IA • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
McDowell
NC • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Moore (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 5/13/2025
Haridopolos
FL • R
Sponsored 5/14/2025
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 5/15/2025
LaMalfa
CA • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
DesJarlais
TN • R
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Harris (MD)
MD • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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