Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act

Key Provisions

• Requires every VA medical center to provide a dedicated space for expressing breast milk.
• Defines a lactation space as a private, hygienic room (not a bathroom) with a chair and surface, accessible to disabled individuals, and clearly marked.
• Mandates that at least 80 percent of VA medical centers would have these spaces within two years of the bill becoming law.
• Requires all VA medical centers to have these spaces within three years of the bill becoming law.
• Requires the VA Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress on the progress of creating these lactation spaces.
• Clarifies that the bill does not give anyone permission to enter parts of a VA medical center they are not otherwise allowed to access.