HR 3126 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Healthy MOM Act

Introduced May 11, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ

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Latest action · May 12, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 11, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act or the Healthy MOM Act

This bill expands health insurance coverage availability for pregnant individuals. It requires health insurers, health insurance exchanges, and group health plans to offer a special enrollment period to pregnant individuals. The special enrollment period offered by an insurer or exchange must begin when the pregnancy is reported to the insurer or exchange. The special enrollment period offered by a group health plan must begin when the pregnancy is reported to the plan or is confirmed by a health care provider. The bill also makes pregnancy a qualifying life event for the purpose of enrolling in a federal employee health benefit plan.

Additionally, a group health plan or health insurer that covers dependents must provide coverage for maternity care to all covered individuals.

Any individual who is eligible for Medicaid and is, or becomes, pregnant maintains such eligibility for one year after the end of the pregnancy. The bill revises the range in which a state must establish a maximum level of family income for pregnant women and infants to be eligible for Medicaid. The upper limit of the range is eliminated and the lower limit is set to the level in place on January 1, 2014.

Cosponsors 53

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2021 to Jul 16, 2021; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-ILBill FosterOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalMay 11, 2021
D-PADwight EvansOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NYGrace MengOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMay 11, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-TNJim CooperOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-CAKaren BassOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-CAMike LevinOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NYMondaire JonesOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NYRitchie TorresOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalMay 11, 2021
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMay 11, 2021
D-NJAlbio SiresMay 14, 2021
D-MEChellie PingreeMay 14, 2021
D-MAJake AuchinclossMay 25, 2021
D-CAMark DeSaulnierMay 25, 2021
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.Jun 11, 2021
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthJun 24, 2021
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánJul 16, 2021
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeJul 16, 2021

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred May 11, 2021
Health Subcommittee
Referred May 12, 2021
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 11, 2021
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred May 11, 2021
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred May 11, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 12, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. May 11, 2021Introduced in House
  3. May 11, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1. Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 81, May 11, 2021, page H2196.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3239Healthy MOM ActRelated billNov 18, 2021
HR 6716Healthy MOM ActReintroduced BillDec 17, 2024

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Healthy MOM Act
Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 11, 2021Introduced in House

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