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MOMS for the 21st Century (MOMS 21)

Take Action 2012!

ACNM commends Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) for introducing the "Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services for the 21st Century Act (MOMS 21)" (HR 2141), which was introduced on June 3, 2011. ACNM supports the goal of this legislation to improve maternity care outcomes for mothers and babies and bend the cost curve of our maternity care expenditures in the U.S.

Below are several resources that will provide assistance in gaining support for this important legislation.

• • August is Midwifery Advocacy Month, the perfect time to talk to your legislators about MOMS 21—here's how to get involved!
  • Co-Sponsor List - (This link will take you to the THOMAS home page. Once there, use the search function to search"optimal maternity services." This will take you to the MOMS 21 page, where you will select "co-sponsors.")
  • See video tutorial of a midwife making a sample call to a legislator; read and print a sample call script; and don't forget to follow up with an e-mail! (click to download)
  
  

• MOMS 21 Press Release
  
  

• MOMS 21 Legislative Brief

• Dear Colleague Letter from Rep. Roybal-Allard
  
  

• Talking Points
  
  

• HR 2141 Full Text
  
  

• Reporting Form for Meeting with Legislator
  
  

• Find Your GAC Representative and Affiliate Legislative Contact (ALC)

• Sample Letters to Legislators  (click each to download)
  • Invitation to visit with your practice (Senator)
  • Invitation to visit with your practice (Representative)
  • MD support of MOMS 21
  • Follow up e-mail after a phone call 

Resources

• Midwifery Fast Fact Sheet

• Midwives as Primary Care Providers and Leaders of Maternity Care Homes

• Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve. The Milbank Report.

• Midwifery: Evidence Based Practice 

• Joint Statement of Practice Relations Between Obstetrician-Gynecologists and Certified Nurse-Midwives/Certified Midwives 

• Institute of Medicine (IOM)'s The Future of Nursing Report, October 2010

• "Advanced Practice Nurse Outcomes 1990-2008: A Systematic Review"

• Professional Midwifery Credentials Comparison

• Talking points for Certified Midwife (CM) licensure

• Midwifery in the U.S. and the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation

Blog Archives

• It's the Little Things - Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor
  

• Let's Get Political - Emily Hoger, SNM
  

• Every Month is Advocacy Month - by Kathryn Kravetz Carr, CNM; Brielle Stoyke, CNM; and Jeni Poell, CNM
  

• Building Relationships: My First ACNM Lobby Day, Blog post April 6, 2011- Jenifer Poell, CNM, WHNP-BC, VIce-Chair, ACNM Government Affairs Committee
  

• MOMS 21 Blog Post August 9, 2010blocked::http://acnm-midwives.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-is-midwifery-advocacy-month-ten.html - Kathryn Kravetz Carr, CNM, Chair, ACNM Government Affairs Committee
  

• MOMS 21 Blog Post July 27, 2010blocked::http://acnm-midwives.blogspot.com/2010/07/at-last-life-after-medicare-moms-for.html - Kathryn Kravetz Carr, CNM, Chair, ACNM Government Affairs Committee
  

• MOMS 21 Blog Post July 19, 2010blocked::http://acnm-midwives.blogspot.com/2010/07/midwife-reflects-on-government-affairs.html - Heather Bradford, CNM, Ex-Officio, Government Affairs Committee, Chair, Midwives-PAC
  
  

For more information, contact ACNM Federal Representative Patrick Cooney at 202-347-0034, patrick@federalgrp.com.