Protecting Moms Who Served Act
Latest action · Jul 23, 2020 Committee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Moms Who Served Act
This bill authorizes an appropriation to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for FY2022 to improve maternity care coordination for women veterans throughout pregnancy and the one-year postpartum period.
The VA must submit a plan to improve maternity care coordination to fulfill the responsibilities and requirements in the Veterans Health Administration Handbook 1330.03 (or successor handbook).
The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity among women veterans, with a focus on racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2020 to Nov 27, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Mar 9, 2020 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 20, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Aug 25, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | Sep 1, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Sep 14, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Nov 27, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2020Hearings Jul 23, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 1, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2020Committee Hearings Held.
- Jul 1, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 9, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 45, March 9, 2020, page H1555.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3424 | Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 10, 2020 |
| HR 6142 | Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 13, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve maternity care coordination provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Moms Who Served Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Employee hiring
- Government information and archives
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medicaid
- Mental health
- Minority employment
- Minority health
- Sex offenses
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Women's employment
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
