North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S1061: Protect Moms Who Serve.
Status: Introduced, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An act directing the department of health and human services, in consultation with the department of military and veterans affairs, to study health issues affecting women who serve in the military; and appropriating funds for this purpose.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, TO STUDY HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING WOMEN WHO SERVE IN THE MILITARY; AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) shall study the following issues affecting women who serve in the military: (1) Coordinating effectively between veterans health care facilities and non-veterans health care facilities in the delivery of maternity care and other health care services. (2) Facilitating access to community resources to address social determinants of health, including housing, nutrition, and employment status. (3) Identifying mental and behavioral health risk factors in the prenatal and postpartum periods and ensuring that pregnant and postpartum veterans get the treatments they need. (4) Facilitating access to childbirth preparation classes, parenting classes, nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support, lactation classes, and breast pumps. (5) Reducing maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, with a particular focus on racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes. (6) Referring veterans who are mothers to the VA Community Care Network and recommendations for how that process can be improved. (7) Existing barriers to maternity care affecting veterans who are mothers. SECTION 1.(b) In conducting the study required by subsection (a) …
Sponsors
- Applewhite, Val (D, 19) · primary sponsor
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20) · primary sponsor
- Batch, Sydney (D, 17)
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22)
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38)
- Salvador, DeAndrea (D, 39)
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5)
- Waddell, Joyce (D, 40)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, DHHS, HEALTH SERVICES, REPORTS, MILITARY AFFAIRS DEPT., PUBLIC, COMMISSIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH
Common questions
- What is S1061?
- S1061 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Protect Moms Who Serve.
- What does S1061 do?
- In its own words: An act directing the department of health and human services, in consultation with the department of military and veterans affairs, to study health issues affecting women who serve in the military; and appropriating funds for this purpose.
- What is the status of S1061?
- Introduced as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1061?
- Applewhite, Val (D, 19), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S1061?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S1061
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