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2023-01-11T13:49:54Z
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2021-05-07
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 79 (Friday, May 7, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. HOULAHAN:H.R. 3047.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution[Page H2153]
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2021-05-07T14:37:15Z
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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CA
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2021-06-01
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MI
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2021-08-06
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2021-08-24
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2021-09-03
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2021-09-03
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2021-09-03
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Armed Forces and National Security
- Blood and blood diseases
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee leave
- Health facilities and institutions
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
- Military facilities and property
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Women's health
Armed Forces and National Security
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2021-05-07
Introduced in House
2022-02-15T20:12:15Z
Military Moms Matter Act of 2021
This bill addresses Department of Defense (DOD) policies regarding parental leave and postpartum care for service members.
The bill authorizes primary caregivers to take 12 weeks of parental leave, and up to 6 weeks of medical convalescent leave (which may not be considered in calculating the 12 weeks of parental leave), in connection with the birth of a child. Additionally, primary caregivers are authorized to take up to 12 weeks of parental leave in connection with the adoption of a child.
Under the bill, secondary caregivers are authorized to take up to 12 weeks of parental leave in connection with the birth or adoption of a child. The bill also removes the requirement that secondary caregivers must take such leave in one increment.
Among other requirements, DOD must also
- provide at least four postpartum mental health assessments and other medical care in the year after a service member (or their dependent) gives birth,
- ensure that a service member (or their dependent) who gives birth at a military medical treatment facility has the option to schedule a postpartum follow-up appointment concurrent with the date of the follow-up appointment for postnatal care for the newborn infant,
- develop a standardized policy prohibiting each military branch from requiring a service member to take a physical fitness test until one year after giving birth, and
- issue guidance on the development and implementation of standard protocols for the treatment of obstetric hemorrhages.

Military Moms Matter Act of 2021
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Military Moms Matter Act of 2021
- Official Title as Introduced

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve postpartum care for members of the Armed Forces and dependents of such members, and for other purposes.
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Military Moms Matter Act of 2021
Introduced in House
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