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H.R. 2866: Healthy MOM Act

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H.R. 2866: Healthy MOM Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-23 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Healthy MOM Act

Plain summary

Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act or the Healthy MOM Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act and Internal Revenue Code to require health insurers, health insurance exchanges, and group health plans to offer a special enrollment period to pregnant women beginning when the pregnancy is reported to the issuer, exchange, or plan. The Office of Personnel Management must ensure that eligible pregnant women are allowed to enroll in federal employee health benefit plans outside of the open enrollment period.

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · 101 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and 41 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] reported raising $955,740 (2023–2024). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2866 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114