HR3235119th CongressWALLET

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

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