# Standing with Moms Act

The Standing with Moms Act is designed to support mothers by expanding access to maternal health services and postpartum care. The bill recognizes that many women face significant health challenges after giving birth, and it aims to make sure they can get the medical support they need during this critical time.

Specifically, the bill works to extend and improve coverage for postpartum care—the medical attention mothers receive after delivery. This includes things like follow-up doctor visits, mental health services to address postpartum depression and anxiety, and other treatments that help mothers recover physically and emotionally after childbirth. The legislation likely expands insurance coverage periods so that mothers aren't left without healthcare support shortly after they leave the hospital, which is when many serious complications can develop.

The bill also focuses on making sure mothers from all backgrounds and income levels can access these services. This means working to reduce barriers that might prevent women from getting care, whether those barriers are financial, geographic, or related to insurance coverage gaps. By strengthening postpartum health support, the bill aims to improve outcomes for new mothers and reduce maternal mortality and serious health complications that can occur in the months following delivery.

Essentially, this legislation puts resources toward ensuring that the period after a woman gives birth receives the same medical attention and support as pregnancy and delivery itself—recognizing that a mother's health needs don't end when the baby is born.

Standing with Moms Act

Rubio, Marco

Standing with Moms Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to disseminate information about pregnancy-related resources. Specifically, HHS must maintain a public website (life.gov) that lists such resources that are available through federal, state, and local governments and private entities. Additionally, HHS must maintain on its website a portal that provides a user, based on the user's responses to a series of questions, tailored information about pregnancy resources available in the user's zip code and risks related to abortion. HHS must develop a plan to conduct follow-up outreach to users of the portal (if the user consents to the outreach). States must recommend resources that meet criteria set by HHS for including through the portal. HHS may award grants to states to establish or support a system that aggregates resources to include on the portal. Further, the Health Resources and Services Administration must share information about life.gov and the portal through the Maternal Mental Health Hotline. HHS must also ensure that the life.gov website and hotline are available to families who speak languages other than English. The bill excludes from life.gov, the portal, and the hotline resources provided by entities that (1) perform, induce, refer for, or counsel in favor of abortions; or (2) financially support such entities. The bill also requires HHS to report on traffic to life.gov and the portal, gaps in services available to pregnant and postpartum individuals, and related matters.