MIDWIVES for Service Members Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3202 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3202 To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to provide services from midwives to covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 2025 Ms. Strickland (for herself, Mr. Ciscomani, Ms. Randall, and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to provide services from midwives to covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Maternal and Infant Delivery Wellness and Integration with Vital Expertise Support for Service Members Act of 2025'' or the ``MIDWIVES for Service Members Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO MAKE MIDWIFE SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH TRICARE. (a) Pilot Program.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall begin a five-year pilot program to provide services from covered midwives to covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program. (b) Authority To Make Permanent.--If the Secretary determines, after the termination of the pilot program that such pilot program was successful, the Secretary may prescribe such regulations to establish a permanent program to make services from covered midwives available to covered beneficiaries as the Secretary determines appropriate. (c) Reports.-- (1) Implementation report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services