SB 1061

Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to perform a study on issues affecting women who serve in the military, including (1) coordination between veterans health care facilities and non-veterans facilities in the delivery of maternity and other health care, (2) facilitating access to community resources to address social determinants of health, including housing, nutrition, and employment status, (3) identifying mental and behavioral risks to health for prenatal and postpartum periods, and ensuring veteran mothers get necessary treatments, (4) facilitating access to classes on childbirth preparation, parenting, and lactation, and nutrition counselling and breastfeeding support, and breast pumps, (5) reducing maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity with a focus on racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes, (6) referring veterans who are mothers to the VA Community Care Network and recommendations for how that process can be improved, and (7) existing barriers to maternity care affecting veterans who are mothers. Requires DHHS to consult with mothers who currently serve or formerly served in the military, and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.