MOMS Act (Pregnancy Support & Prenatal Services)
Current understanding
The MOMS Act (HR3235) is introduced legislation in the 119th Congress that would require states to collect child support during pregnancy, authorize grants for pregnancy support services and rural/underserved telehealth prenatal care equipment, and direct HHS to operate a federal website listing pregnancy resources and alternatives to abortion. As introduced, the bill combines child support enforcement, grant funding, and federal information infrastructure into a single pregnancy-focused package. Status: introduced; no committee action reported yet.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-15 — Mamas First Act: cross-connection with mamas-first-act: Related maternal/pregnancy support legislation in the current Congress. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-01-26 — Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act: cross-connection with supporting-pregnant-parenting-women-families-act: Both bills fund pregnancy support services (counseling, prenatal education, material supports); HR6945 uses TANF as the funding stream and explicitly conditions eligibility on centers with a life-protecting mission. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-06-24 — MOMMIES Act: cross-connection with mommies-act: Parallel Senate maternal/pregnancy-support legislative vehicles that could interact in Finance committee consideration. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-03-19 — Healthy Moms and Babies Act: cross-connection with healthy-moms-and-babies-act: Both bills target maternal/pregnancy support services, with the Healthy Moms and Babies Act operating through Medicaid/CHIP structural changes while the MOMS Act addresses pregnancy support and prenatal services more broadly. (novelty: 3)