This bill creates a new program to help pregnant and postpartum military members and their families with mental health support. Right now, pregnancy and the months after giving birth can bring serious mental health challenges like depression and anxiety, but military members don't always have easy access to proven prevention programs. This bill tells the Department of Defense to set up a test program at military hospitals and clinics to offer evidence-based mental health programs specifically designed for pregnant women and new mothers in the military. The program will include an advisory committee to help guide how it works, and the military will study whether these programs actually help prevent or reduce mental health problems. Essentially, it's about making sure military moms get the same kind of preventive mental health care that research shows works best, rather than waiting until problems become serious.

MOMS Who Serve Act of 2024

Shaheen, Jeanne

Maintaining Our Obligation to Moms Who Serve Act of 2024 or the MOMS Who Serve Act of 2024 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a pilot program within military treatment facilities to assess the feasibility and impact of providing evidence-based prevention programs for perinatal mental health conditions to pregnant and postpartum members of the Armed Forces and dependents. DOD must (1) establish an advisory committee to assist in the implementation of the pilot program, and (2) study the effectiveness of the pilot program in preventing or reducing the onset of symptoms of perinatal mental health conditions.