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H.R. 4977

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4977, the Connected MOM Act, was introduced in the House on Aug 15, 2025 by Rep. Lois Frankel (D) with 12 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Aug 15, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 4977 has 12 co-sponsors.

hb4977/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4977 IH: Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-08-15
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4977  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   August 15, 2025   Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida  (for herself,  Ms. Salazar ,  Ms. Castor of Florida , and  Ms. Letlow ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act   or the   Connected MOM Act  .
2.
Coverage of remote physiologic monitoring devices and impact on maternal and child health outcomes under Medicaid
(a)
Report to Congress
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report containing information on authorities and State practices for covering remote physiological monitoring devices, including limitations and barriers to such coverage and the impact on maternal health outcomes, and to the extent appropriate, recommendations on how to address such limitations or barriers related to coverage of remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid programs, including, but not limited to, pulse oximeters, blood pressure cuffs, scales, and blood glucose monitors, with the goal of improving maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women enrolled in State Medicaid programs.
(b)
State resources
Not later than 6 months after the submission of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall update resources for State Medicaid programs, such as State Medicaid telehealth toolkits, to be consistent with the recommendations provided in such report.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-08-15
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Aug 15, 2025

hb4977/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (08/15/2025)

Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act or the Connected MOM Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report, and provide resources for states, on coverage of remote physiologic devices and related services (e.g., blood glucose monitors) under Medicaid, so as to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.

Sponsors

Rep. Lois Frankel (D) sponsors H.R. 4977, and 12 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4977 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Aug 15, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4977 has taken 2 actions since Aug 15, 2025.

ChamberAction
Aug 15, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Aug 15, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 4977 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 4977, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 4977 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • Connected MOM Act — Display Title
  • Connected MOM Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 8 firms and 58 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4977 in 17 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Pharmacy, Tobacco, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY—District of Columbia14—
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia14—
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.—New York14—
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS—District of Columbia11—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia11—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INC—Florida11—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS INC—Kansas11—
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION—Florida11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY14—
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION14—
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.14—
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS11—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION11—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.11—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.11—
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 58.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ADRIENNE MORTIMER114
ALEXIS PIERCE114
AMANDA CAVALLO114
ANDREW WANKUM114
ASHLEY DELOSH114
BRYAN HULL114
CHRISTOPHER SHERIN114
DANA LICHTENBERG114
DEBRA MARIANI-WEISSENBORN114
ELIZABETH CULLEN114
FOSTER CURRY114
JAMES VAVRICEK114
JASON MARINO114
JEFFREY COUGHLIN114
JOHNATHON KRISTAN114
KATHERINE DAPPER114
KORYN RUBIN114
LAUREN KATZ114
LINDSEY BRILL114
LISA MYERS114

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$5.5M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$5.1M2nd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$4.6M3rd Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATIONBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$1.4M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGYAMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY2026 second_quarter$680K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGYAMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY2026 first_quarter$600K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGYAMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY2025 third_quarter$580K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$513K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGYAMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY2025 fourth_quarter$480K4th Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INCBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.2025 fourth_quarter$90K4th Quarter - Report
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.2026 second_quarter$60K2nd Quarter - Report
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.2026 first_quarter$60K1st Quarter - Report
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.2025 fourth_quarter$60K4th Quarter - Report
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.2025 third_quarter$60K3rd Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS INCBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.2025 fourth_quarter$10K4th Quarter - Report
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATIONGUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION2025 fourth_quarter—4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTSAMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS2025 third_quarter—3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4977 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4977’s is Health.

hr4977/policy-areas.txt
HealthAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4977, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 138 (Friday, August 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida:H.R. 4977.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution[Page H3699]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com